From my past experience (using Win-Xp), this particular monitor works only on 60Hz , Best resolution being 1024*768.

I have "installed n configured" Ubuntu 12.04 Minimal (on USB stick) so that most of the time terminal is used, however whenever theirs a need to enter GUI I may issue startx command to go into gnome.

However the problem is that on this particular system, issuing this command poses problem for its default refresh rate don't synchronize with the monitor. The display keep on flickering and utterly unreadable. It is visible that gnome has been loaded and default wallpaper and desktop items are visible. But the problem is due to refresh rate different than 60Hz.

I am looking for a command attribute to startx command which will force the refresh rate to 60Hz and resolution preferably to 1204*768