[LBo] Mint Linux

[Tim]

On Sat September 1 2007 02:27, Troy wrote:
> 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

Regarding the refresh rate, do you know the correct horizontal and vertical 
refresh rates for the monitor or tft screen you are using?? I have in the 
past had to hack the xorg.conf file and enter the monitors details by hand to 
be able to use the monitor at the required refresh rate. Open xorg up in your 
favourite editor and see what it say about your monitor. If the detail are 
wrong, make a copy of the original xorg.conf and then make the changes and 
try restarting xorg.conf.

Hope this helps

Tim

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