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Click ‘Finish’ in the main window following the completion of the settings

for your monitor and your graphics card then test your settings. This en-

sures that your conﬁguration is suitable for your devices. If the image is not

steady, terminate the test immediately by pressing









Esc and reduce the re-

fresh rate or the resolution and color depth. Regardless of whether you run

a test, all modiﬁcations are only activated when you restart the X server.

Display

With ‘Edit conﬁguration’ ➝ ‘Properties’, a window with the tabs ‘Monitor’,

‘Frequencies’, and ‘Expert’ appears.

‘Monitor’ In the left part of the window, select the vendor. In the right

part, select your model. If you have ﬂoppy disks with Linux drivers

for your monitor, install these by clicking ‘Driver disk’.

Figure 2.10: Monitor Selection

‘Frequencies’ Here, enter the horizontal and vertical frequencies for your

screen. The vertical frequency is another designation for the image

refresh rate. Normally, the acceptable value ranges are read from the

model and entered here. Usually, they do not need to be changed.

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