[lug] xvidtune

[D. Stimits]

RADKE JOSHUA PAUL wrote:
> 
> For some excellent information on playing with video timings, check out
> the following link:
> 
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO.html
> 
> > Ok, don't quote me, and you are doing this at your own risk, but my
> > understanding is that modern monitors don't have problems if you over
> > clock them.  They just don't work and when you stop over driving them,
> > they come out fine.
> 
> This has also been my experience, but it _is_ possible to make some pretty
> outrageous timings that mess up color and other things --- I always just
> quickly switched out of those 'scary looking' modes.
> 
> > > On my new RH6.1 install it seems the monitor is flickering ever sooo
> > > slightly. SO I look at xvidtune. WOW!! That warning is scary. OK I
> > > know not to overclock the monitor. But there isn't a direct way to
> > > alter the refresh rates. You just change the sync start/end. So how do
> > > I begin approaching this fix without running the risk of frying the
> > > monitor?
> 
> >From the HOWTO, there's a section that addresses this exactly, it is:
> 
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO-9.html#frame
> 
> Josh Radke
> 
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