From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <4B45AC2A-B400-41F7-B8A8-601E4017C452@fastmail.fm> From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <20100523214139.GA25735@chiron.galaxy> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:14 +0100 References: <20100522225553.GA17342@chiron.galaxy> <20100523214139.GA25735@chiron.galaxy> Subject: Re: [9fans] no frame buffer Topicbox-Message-UUID: 299d0c08-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Is it possible to limit the frame rate aux/vga sets? The reason I'm asking is: On 23 May 2010, at 22:41, frank@inua.be wrote: > > Whatever I use for monitor (vesa, vga) or vgasize, the > screen just turns black and the led of the monitor is blinking. I've had quite a lot of CRT monitors in the past. Many of them were detected as being more capable than they really were, so X would set the frame rate too high. A black screen with blinking led was a common symptom of that. -- Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. -- Alan Perlis