Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:25:59 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Joshua Lewis" <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> Cc: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com>, tech.junk@verizon.net, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. Message-ID: <ef10de9a0608031125j29d4ca3elfface202a590f719@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060803060504.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.e11fa7ef6b.wbe@email.secureserver.net> References: <20060803060504.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.e11fa7ef6b.wbe@email.secureserver.net>
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All of the other Display SubSections are not required, I've never needed to swich my color depth or screen resolution on the fly so I stopped putting them in a while ago.... It's a left over from the 1980s and 90s when cards could have a high color depth or a high screen resolution but not both at the same time. On 8/3/06, Joshua Lewis <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> wrote: > > That is what I have. I got it out of the handbook. however I may have > forgotten the quotes. I will try it tonight. > > Now there are several duplicates of that section. Should I updated each one > for each resolution and each color depth? Should there be only one? If I add > one for each resolution and color depth combo is there a way to switch the > resolution in the WM? > > Thanks for the input. > > > > > > Sincerely, > Joshua Lewis > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. > From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, August 02, 2006 1:01 pm > To: "Joshua Lewis" <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> > Cc: "Andrew Gould" <andrewgould@yahoo.com>, "Jerry McAllister" > <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, tech.junk@verizon.net, > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > On 8/2/06, Joshua Lewis <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> wrote: > > > > I am actually not looking for a Windows look alike. I am simply > > replacing my XP system with a BSD solution. I am looking for a fast > > easy to configure and fun WM. I am absolutely looking for something > > new to use. not Windows like. That is why I was looking at > > enlightenment and fluxbox. but there are just so many I was hoping to > > get ideas as to why one would choose one over the other. Other then > > > personal preference. I have been using enlightenment for about a week > > and perhaps it is something I did but my resolution is stuck at > > 1600x1280 at 65Hz. My monitor keeps getting mad at me and telling me > > that is not the recommended solution. I have been trying to figure out > > how to change it and I have updated the xorg.conf as the handbook says > > but it still defaults. Unless anyone has an idea why I am going to > > switch to fluxbox and see how that feels. > > > > > > > > I did want to mention that I do agree with your point. I am looking > > for something new and I am looking to experiment with other ways of > > doing things. But at the same time I would like a little eye candy. > > After all with today's power full systems there is nothing wrong with > > waisting a few CPU cycles to make the experience a little more > > enjoyable. > > > > > > > > I will certainly give XFCE a try I have seen allot of recommendations > > for that as well. > > Sincerely, > > Joshua Lewis > > > > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf should look sorta like this, yours should have more > Display SubSections in it: > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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