[nzlug] New hardware - linux support?

[Daniel Lawson]

> (which I'd unplugged while disentangeling cables). The second problem is that 
> the graphics card wouldn't listen to what refresh rate I told it. My guess is 
> that it was asking my monitor what it could do, and my monitor was 
> saying 'sure, go for 85, I can take it'. However, my monitor starts to get 
> blurry at that refresh rate, and so I typically drop it down to 75. No matter 
> what I said in xorg.conf, it wouldn't change. This has been temporarily 
> solved by stealing my flatmate's LCD, and long term by ordering a nice, new 
> 19" LCD for myself. 
>   

If you're running Gnome, try going to the System menu, Preferences, and
use the Screen Resolution applet to change the refresh rate. Recent
versions of X make use of XRandR to handle resolution/refresh rates, and
what is in your xorg.conf matters quite a bit less than it used to.