On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:41:27PM +0000, Dieter BSD wrote: > > Reducing the color depth to 16 allows the wimpy Rage XL (8 MiB) to > do 1920x1080. > > So then I moved the old slow X terminal out of the way and moved the > shiny new Dell ST2220T LCD into the prime spot in front of the > keyboard drawer... ...and the cable doesn't reach. Two HD-15 to BNC > cables back-to-back fixed that, but now it doesn't do the DCC/EDID > stuff, so I had to get it to use a modeline to get 1920x1080. And of > course it doesn't go into standby mode. sigh
Have you tried: $ xset +dpms to use standby etc.? > > Still have some minor issues like finding a decent font for xterm, > and putting a window at +0+0 hides a few pixels off-screen, and > FreeBSD can't tell the difference between a Unix keyboard and a > pee-cee keyboard, but it is usable. > > Thanks for the help! Font for xterm: x11-fonts/inconsolata-ttf Pixels off screen: x11/xvidtune and "show" modeline once adjusted and stick it in xorg.conf HTH. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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