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. There are many web sites that outline changing the display. For example, you may want to change the refresh rate to a setting not available in Dynebolic. A simple method is as follows * a. Find your monitors Vertical (Hz) and Horizontal (kHz) sync rates b. Go to one of the websites that generates a Modeline for X, for example: http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl |
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There are many web sites that outline changing the display. For example, you may want to change the refresh rate to a setting not available in Dynebolic. | * c. Follow the instructions and fill in the blanks and generate an appropriate modeline for your monitor |
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A simple method is as follows a. Find your monitors Vertical (Hz) and Horizontal (kHz) sync rates b. Go to one of the websites that generates a Modeline for X, for example: [http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl] c. Follow the instructions and fill in the blanks and generate an appropriate modeline for your monitor d. Login to Dynebolic as root and open the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for editing, ie: # nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
* d. Login to Dynebolic as root and open the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for editing, ie: . # nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
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Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 30.0-85.0 VertRefresh 48-120 Option "DPMS" |
. Section "Monitor" . Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" . ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 30.0-85.0 . VertRefresh 48-120 . Option "DPMS" |
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ModeLine "1280x1024@50" 90.89 1280 1312 1656 1688 1024 1045 1054 1076 +hsync +vsync |
. ModeLine "1280x1024@50" 90.89 1280 1312 1656 1688 1024 1045 1054 1076 +hsync +vsync |
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Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "VGA" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024@50" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024" "400x300" EndSubSection |
. Section "Screen" . Identifier "Screen0" . Device "VGA" . Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 . SubSection "Display" . Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024@50" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024" "400x300" EndSubSection |
Dynebolic 2.4.2. Screen Configuration
This page covers any issues related to Screen configuration
- I want to change my display to a format not available in the Dynebolic configuration (Configure/ Interface/ Display menu)
- There are many web sites that outline changing the display. For example, you may want to change the refresh rate to a setting not available in Dynebolic. A simple method is as follows
- a. Find your monitors Vertical (Hz) and Horizontal (kHz) sync rates
b. Go to one of the websites that generates a Modeline for X, for example: http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl
- c. Follow the instructions and fill in the blanks and generate an appropriate modeline for your monitor
- d. Login to Dynebolic as root and open the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for editing, ie:
- # nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- Section "Monitor"
- Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
VertRefresh 48-120
- Option "DPMS"
- Identifier "Monitor0"
ModeLine "1280x1024@50" 90.89 1280 1312 1656 1688 1024 1045 1054 1076 +hsync +vsync
- Section "Screen"
- Identifier "Screen0"
- Device "VGA"
- Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
- Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024@50" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024" "400x300"