[LBo] Mint Linux

[Troy]

On 9/1/07, Anita Lewis <a.lewis at linuxbasics.org> wrote:
>
> On 08/31/2007 09:27 PM Troy wrote:
>
> The other things may be related to this.  It could be that the
> DefaultDepth is too high.  Windows may have it set lower than it is in
> your Linux setup.  I think your card is 8Mb of Video Ram.  The
> resolution and pixel depth figure into how much video ram is required.
>
> Look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf under the Screen Section for the
> DefaultDepth.  If it is 24, try changing it to 16.  You will then need
> to restart X.  You can reboot or restart the X server. I don't know if
> Mint uses kdm or gdm.  The command would be done as root or with sudo
> and is /etc/init.d/kdm restart.  (or gdm if you are using Gnome).  That
> should cause X to blink out and restart your login screen; so close your
> applications first. :-)


When I set the depth to 16, I can increase the refresh rate to 85 HZ,
however, the image on the screen is no as crisp as when displayed in 24.
This maybe a situation where I cannot have my cake and eat it too!

Any ideas how I can increase the speed when scrolling with the mouse?  The
other issue, I think related, is when switching to another terminal (i.e.F3),
the font is so large it does not fit on the screen.  Is there a buffer
setting somewhere for controlling the scroll speed?

Finally, and i guess the most serious, is figuring out why the computer
(monitor, keyboard, and mouse) freeze when the screen saver turns on.  For
now, I disabled the screen saver to make sure the screen saver was the
issue.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Troy