On Jan 1, 2008 10:11 AM, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "Xn" == Xn Nooby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Xn> I am having trouble getting X to use a screen resolution that is less > Xn> than the maximum. When I edit my xorg.conf to add a DefaultDepth and > Xn> a Mode of "1024x768", it still comes up at 1280x1024. I did not > Xn> create any modeline entries yet, since I'm not sure how to do that. > Xn> My GUI (icewm) works, but browsing the web creates enormous eye-strain > Xn> from the high-resolution letters. > > Xn> My hardware is a Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop with an nVidia Card. It > Xn> comes with SATA CD's, so I have to install with FreeBSD 7-RC1. > > Xn> I started by running "xorg -configure", and used the xorg.conf that it > Xn> generated. I looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and it had many entries > Xn> from probing my hardware. It appears there is some kind of dynamic > Xn> configuration going on, but I know its using the xorg.conf, because it > Xn> got an error when I changed the adapter entry from "nv" to "vga". > > Xn> I actually had a similar problem on Ubuntu, and they had some > Xn> "xorg-reconfigure" program that would let you use less than maximum > Xn> values. I was wondering if FreeBSD had something similar. > > Xn> The "DefaultDepth 24" and "Modes "1024x786"" entries are from the > Xn> online FreeBSD Handbook, I believe I followed the Handbook > Xn> instructions properly. > > Xn> Am I missing something obvious? From using Linux, I was expecting the > Xn> "Modes" values to work. > > "TargetRefresh", and "PreferredMode" options, available in recent Xorg > releases (probably since 7.2), you'll require. I'm using > "TargetRefresh" (75 Hz) on my Intel 945G graphics to set my monitor to > display 1440x900 rather than 1280x1024. And this same configuration is > working fine for both FreeBSD 7.0-BETA4 (amd64), and Ubuntu 7.10 (amd64). > > HTH > -- > Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ > ·-- ·- ···· ·--- ·- ···- ·- ·--·-· --· -- ·- ·· ·-·· ·-·-·- -·-· --- -- >
When I create a "PreferredMode" value, the X-Server hangs when I run startx. I cannot end X with ctrl-alt-backspace, but I can reboot with ctrl-alt-del. I am using xorg 7.3 (installed via 'pkg_add -r xorg'), and this was apparently a known bug. I'm not sure if it is supposed to be fixed in now, the bug was from September: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12476 I also tried "TargetRefresh" with values of 60 and 75, but it did not seem to do anything. When you use TargetRefresh, is that with the Horizontal and Vertical refresh values - or does it replace them?
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