Ubuntu
gnome-control-center package

  1. Bug #958424
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 958424

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

seb128: Unfortunately refresh rate is important for two reasons:

1. Intel (and other?) drivers offer low refresh rate options (around 40Hz) for saving power on laptops. In older Ubuntu releases I had the option of selecting this mode, but now in 12.04 I don't (despite the driver still supporting it).

2. Surprisingly many users still use CRTs (as I have learnt from triaging bugs). And many of them do so because they like having the option of using 100-120Hz modes that LCDs cannot do. However they can't easily use those modes if there is no control panel to enable them.