From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 Description of problem: The Display app under the System Settings menu does not provide an easy way to select the refresh rate of the monitor. I know I can mess around with the numbers under the Advanced tab, but there should be some sort of menu showing the supported refresh rates from which to choose. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Additional info:
This is pretty hard to do with the current X configuration model, as X always picks the highest refresh rate allowable by the monitor.
That doesn't seem to be the case with my install. Currently, my monitor under Redhat beta is showing a refresh rate of about 60Hz, whereas in other operating systems I can set this monitor to 85Hz. The vertical refresh rate under the "Advanced" tab is shown as being in the range of 50-105Hz. So why is my monitor at 60Hz?
This is part of the xvidtune functionality. It's in xf86cfg but missing from redhat-config-xfree86. Ask mike for a build of XFree86-xf86cfg and look at the modeline configuration section. Also look at the Windoze configuration options for ATI video chips. The functionality of xf86cfg and xvidtune, with the soimplicity of the ATI tools woyuld be great.
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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.