Monitor, Video Card and a coffe

[LinuxPen]

I just installed the correct drivers for my video card, everything seems faster nad nicer but i have a problem:

First the display was "dancing" and, as everyone knows, its a HSync or VSyn problem with the video... Im new to linux so i decided to bring a coffe to the computer and start looking how can i change that, yeah, i remeber well, it was a rainy day (today :p ), and i found that with xvidtune i could modify this settings, i just adjust the Hz and everything worked smoothly... i was so happy that went out to my garden and feed my penguine, but... that very day, when the sun falled and i rebooted the computer, once again, after all my past efforts, the display started to "dance" again, so i supoused xvidtune doesnt save the changes you made (Im still thinking what does Fetch meens... english isnt my home language :( )... So i tryed to edit "/etc/X11/XFee86Config" (I know, is mispelled, but i dont remember whats exactly the filename), i edited the monitor mode settings to put the values that worked when used xvidtune... but once again when reboot the "dancing" display comes to give my more headaches...

any help will be welcomed! :)
Thank you

[ 20 May 2001: Message edited by: LinuxPen ]

[bdg1983]

Do you happen to know the version of X your distro is using and also which distro?

Making the changes to XF86Config should work and still be there after a reboot. I still use X3.3.6 and my config file is in /etc/XF86Config. Are you sure you are changing the correct file? Some distros are known to be slightly different when it comes to the location of certain files and the newer X4 uses (I think) XF86Config-4.

Try to verify the XF86Config you are updating is the correct one your distro uses.

FYI. It's coffee.

[LinuxPen]

I was editing XF86Config, but using X4, so i guess thats the problem, i think i saw a XF86Config-4 and a XF86Config-4.old, i will try to edit this ones, thank you for your help!