[LBo] Mint Linux

[Troy]

Hi all,

I just installed Mint Linux on my old Celeron 300A computer, with 640 MB of
RAM, and an Intel i740 video card.  I like the speed of Mint on this older
computer, but I'm experiencing a few problems.  1.  I cannot get the refresh
rate to 85 HZ (which is what I had under Win 98); I had this problem when I
installed Xubuntu 7.04 too.  Currently, the resolution is set at 1024 X 768,
with a refresh rate of 70 (max).  2.  The scroll button on the mouse is
extremely slow and choppy.  I think this has something to do with the buffer
size, but not sure how to change it.  3.  Sporadically, when the screen
saver kicks in, the mouse, keyboard, and screen saver all freeze, and the
only way to unfreeze the computer is to cold boot - I know this is not good
to do in Linux!  I checked the Mint Linux forums, and found a few others
that had similar issues, but there was no resolution.

Thanks for your help!

Troy