[LINK] Moved to Linux

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Wow and thanks.

There in xorg.conf we have:
    VertRefresh    50-85
    HorizSync    30-70

So when I get the chance, I tell it the right specs...

I wouldn't have made that complaint on-list except that I absolutely 
could not come up with the right Google search terms...

RC

Glen Turner wrote:
> Richard Chirgwin wrote:
>> Well ... since we're still on the topic, the Linux box has been 
>> dropped back to second-string. Stupid thing can't remember the 
>> flat-panel screen settings. Either screen saver (which is just 
>> black), or change user, or reboot destroys the screen settings. I can 
>> hardly say to the other users in the house "just boot up, find an 
>> icon that you can't see because the screen's the wrong size and shape 
>> but I know where it is, and select 70Hz refresh".
>>
>> So I am now under instructions: either make it work how the user 
>> wants it to work, or ditch it, but don't expect her to run her 
>> business on that!
>
> Sounss like GNOME or KDE is establishing the screen settings
> on a per-session basis rather than the underlying X11.
>
> I know I'm going to regret suggesting this, but editing the
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file might give a longer-term result.
> There might be a utility to do that -- probably the one which
> selects which video card and related driver you are using.
>