Can't Make a Tilde

[rabbit]

O hell...not sure.  I haven't gotten a TTY in a while (Fedora boots X and then runs its stuff)

[Joe]

Ctrl+Alt+F1

[rabbit]

Tilde works in TTY -.-

[iago]

Then we know it's a problem with X. That's a plus. 

Can you run xorg.config or xfree.config or some program resembling one of those, set everything up, restart X, and see if that helps?

[Chavo]

hwd -x > xorgconfig

unless of course you like answerring detail questions about your hardware that the machine could detect without asking you..

[iago]

hwd doesn't come default with X.  It's a specifically arch-Linux tool. 

And anyways, "what resolution do you want?" and "what type of video card do you have?" aren't exactly difficult questions for somebody who knows anything .

[Chavo]

I didn't know hwd was Arch specific, damn.

resolution and video card no, horizontal and verticaly sync rates, yes.

[iago]

I've never gotten the sync rates wrong, and I know I've picked different ones.  I don't think it makes a difference.

[Chavo]

setting them too low is never a problem, you just might not get the optimal refresh rate.

setting them too high will fry your monitor. smoke and everything

[rabbit]

60Hz refresh, some kind of video card which I can look up in system properties somewhere, and my resolution is 1200xsomething.  I can find it all (it's downstairs).  I'll try when I go into my room, which isn't often anymore due to my room being about 110F at any given point in time.

[Chavo]

Yea...60hz kills my eyes.  If you are lucky it'll list it on the back of your monitor, if you aren't you have to find a product spec sheet.

[Joe]

I feel sorry for your room, rabbit. Mine's in the basement, thank God.

As for your resolution, I think you meant 1280 x Something. Possible options are 1280x720, 1280x768, and 1280x1024.

[iago]

Yea...60hz kills my eyes.  If you are lucky it'll list it on the back of your monitor, if you aren't you have to find a product spec sheet.

60hz is fine, if it's an LCD. 

My computer's drivers were messed up once, and I was getting something like 45hz.  Talk about a headache!

[rabbit]

It's CRT, and the only option in monitor preferences is 60Hz.  It's fine for me :\
Anyway, I still haven't gone in there...

[MyndFyre]

rabbit you clearly haven't tried my solution for everything.  Get crackin at it, and let me know how it works out!