HOWTO: change resolution/refresh rate in Xorg

[geek.de.nz]

Hi



Sorry. I managed to lose your post. Maybe it is a monitor issue. Unfortunately i only have one monitor so i am not able to test.

Kind regards

Thanks for your reply and sorry, I had just dumped my question in here...

Yes, it was regarding a monitor issue. I have a 2 monitor setup and every time I boot into Ubuntu, one of them has display issues. It basically draws everything onto the monitor and windows for example look like they stay open when closed. It's as if it does not "undraw" things, if you know what I mean.

So, to work around the problem, I thought I could use something like xrandr to change the refresh rate for a second and then change it back. However, when I use that, one of my monitors just switches off, so I have to manually go to preferences->monitors to change the refresh rate back and forth.

Thanks for any ideas.

[matt_symes]

Hi

Thanks for your reply and sorry, I had just dumped my question in here...

Yes, it was regarding a monitor issue. I have a 2 monitor setup and every time I boot into Ubuntu, one of them has display issues. It basically draws everything onto the monitor and windows for example look like they stay open when closed. It's as if it does not "undraw" things, if you know what I mean.

So, to work around the problem, I thought I could use something like xrandr to change the refresh rate for a second and then change it back. However, when I use that, one of my monitors just switches off, so I have to manually go to preferences->monitors to change the refresh rate back and forth.

Thanks for any ideas.

You could try to reset the refresh rate on each monitor.

xrandr --output CRT1 --rate 75
xrandr --output CRT2 --rate 75

Is it switching the monitor off ? The monitor can definitely handle that refresh rate?

What does this do ? Change CRT1 if it is incorrect.

xrandr --output CRT1 --auto

As i said, i only have one monitor so i can do no more than offer suggestions

Kind regards

[geek.de.nz]

Hi



You could try to reset the refresh rate on each monitor.

xrandr --output CRT1 --rate 75
xrandr --output CRT2 --rate 75

Is it switching the monitor off ? The monitor can definitely handle that refresh rate?

What does this do ? Change CRT1 if it is incorrect.

xrandr --output CRT1 --auto

As i said, i only have one monitor so i can do no more than offer suggestions

Kind regards

Thanks a lot! That worked! I just did the following:

echo "#!/bin/sh
xrandr --output CRT2 --auto" > ~/refresh_fix.sh

Went to System->Preferences->Startup Applications, clicked Add, typed a name and browsed for ~/refresh_fix.sh and restarted happily ever after.