On 1/20/07, Luigi Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 06:05:45PM +0000, Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote:
> On 1/20/07, Luigi Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 07:38:36AM -0500, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
> > > under the subsection of display, i have
> > > Modes "1024x768"
> > > maybe you can try using "1280x800"
> >
> > in order to get the higher resolutions, you should
> > probably install the port
> >
> > /usr/ports/sysutils/915resolution
> >
> > which redefines the bios modes.
> > In my case (Dell Latitude X1) i run it as
> >
> > #--- set 1280 resolution on video
> > /usr/local/bin/915resolution 5c 1280 768
> >
> > you should probably change the 768 to 800 if that's your
> > screen height.
> >
> > cheers
> > luigi
>
> luigi,
>
> That worked, thank you!
>
> DELL# /usr/local/bin/915resolution -l
> Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
>
> Chipset: 945GM
> BIOS: TYPE 1
> Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269
> Mode Table Entries: 36
>
> Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel
>
>
> DELL# /usr/local/bin/915resolution 58 1280 1024
> Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
>
> Chipset: 945GM
> BIOS: TYPE 1
> Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269
> Mode Table Entries: 36
>
> Patch mode 58 to resolution 1280x1024 complete
>
> I also set
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 32
> Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
> EndSubSection
>
> But once I rebooted the laptop I lose it, and I have to do it again
> after the FreeBSD starts
>
> Is there a work around for this issue?
i put the line
/usr/local/bin/915resolution 58 1280 1024
in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/00setvideo.sh
so it gets called automatically at startup
cheers
luigi
That didn't make it, is there another way to do it? will xorg 7.2
going to fix this issue when it's released?
--
Regards,
-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
Arab Portal
http://www.WeArab.Net/
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