Resolution on laptop

[Don Rogers]

> On Thursday 26 February 2004 17:29, Don Rogers wrote:
> 
> > Andy, if you read this, I tried increasing the hsync and vsync frequencies
> > a bit, up to 71Khz and 79Hz ( up from 67 and 75 ), and that seemed to make
> > no difference.  I am hesitant to go higher without knowing what the
> > capability of the monitor is.  Do you have any idea how far it is safe to
> > go with the sync rates?
> 
> Personally I set mine to 
> 
>         HorizSync    1.5 - 250.0
>         VertRefresh  10.0 - 150.0

Wow!
Are LCD different that CRT monitors.  I have always seen the warning
that you may damage your monitor....

Don

> 
> This is on a 1600x1200 laptop LCD panel.  I seriously doubt any harm will come 
> to your LCD panel whatever numbers you stick in here.
> 
> What does your screen section say?  You don't want the same, but for example 
> mine has this:
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "1600x1200"  <-- you can add other modes here in 
> their own doublequotes
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> You can also use KDE's cool krandrtray applet to select between listed modes 
> at runtime without restarting X.
> 
> - -Andy