Display Problem

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Thu Mar 14 11:09:23 PDT 2013


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Adit <adit.vats at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi, I'm a new user on linux, I use 1152x864 with a refresh rate of 60Hz,
> unfortunately, linux code doesn't support it natively. I've got resolution,
> But every time I have to run a command, when i boot up.
> xrandr --newmode "1152x864_60.00"  81.75  1152 1216 1336 1520  864 867 871
> 897 -hsync +vsync ; xrandr --addmode VGA1 1152x864_60.00 ; xrandr --output
> VGA1 --mode 1152x864_60.00
> this one. Can i make linux to support 60Hz resolution? My video card is
> intel's G41 I think.

You'll need to add an xorg.conf.  Add a monitor section for the
display you want to add the mode to and include a the modeline in the
monitor section.  For more details see this page:
http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12

Alex


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