eye-friendly refresh rate?

[Brian Fahrlander]

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Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
>> You could also try:
>>
>> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> 
> Hell, think twice... every time I tried this command, it asked me
> zillions of questions I had no clue about. I had to quit for fear of
> answering something wrong and screwing up xorg.cong big time. I was
> told on this list "don't worry, when you don't know, just press enter to
> accept the default value". Trouble is, I noticed that some of the
> default values it offered, like the K/B layout, was NOT the current
> value (in the case at hand, I was using FR layout, and it defaulted to
> US). So how do I know that other values, that I don't understand the
> meaning of, hence that I can't make an informed decision about, are any
> more reliable/safe to accept ? So by modifying the file by hand, at
> least I am sure I only change the parameters that I meant to change.
> Besides, it's also quicker since I don't have to go through loads of
> questions that are irrelevant.
> 
> YMMV... just wanted to share my experiences...

    And it should vary; you get a lot of questions, not only about the
screen, but the keyboard.  But when you get to the video portion,
selecting "Advanced" will give you more questions than you can answer.

    I have a Sun monitor with the DDC (or whatever) that's blown...I
have to enter in the freq's that I found on Google anyway, so I just
edit the failsafe.

    And yeah, I tend to fiddle with the file instead of the dpkg route,
for this situation, like you. But then, I've been working in Linux for a
good long while. (So long I YEARN for an all-inclusive, hands-off way to
do such things...)

   :)

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