From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Apr 3 06:03:17 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE2D8155E5C3 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 06:03:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.135]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5AFA7935EA for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 06:03:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.193.229.77]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue009 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MYvTs-1hOkI30Gwa-00Unr4; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:03:03 +0200 Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 08:03:02 +0200 From: Polytropon To: David Christensen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD desktop "best-fit" Dell platform suggestions? Message-Id: <20190403080302.c9707441.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <06447bee-f1d3-6967-f2af-73c68df05351@holgerdanske.com> References: <43760917-5FAA-4C75-A4D2-923A5EA0E624@council124.org> <2d7ff5f5-603f-004d-31fc-14eef658997e@holgerdanske.com> <06447bee-f1d3-6967-f2af-73c68df05351@holgerdanske.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:5vV82EWuNuk1lpgWkOPop+t2YXAZ18e0oUHYw6DbQVTS9SqncYn ehRbxll7j37U88UQZ5YJs97+VOq4xNfnKG5KFXt2a+LmfodzMb6i9d8RHMxfmrqkKyxYQ0v zRIKpkj2GCjn0lbkpbKrJ+nQVCrbrvYS++2ISS2IFbaqY5kDtS5o4PB4vHEPdOFh6DkWaZI e40K+VjCz5Y5Te96CaJmA== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:UhK4KP/In+s=:I2x99nqMWpojSSmCRq53xf w5/CgwrwDUvks7FhNfOMDK2GvOE7omO0jwAkEvTCo28A4YBEGwf9rirZIEqUSg7bQ/JMAzjAr ITrf/2bnDZZhA6kWhE2um8RGn7M+hUy0viaPjelkH7tdY8yHiyQeOkcC0W6Yebp5HA4i83RDk 76H0063IqupxafJfYCFlHZcu7D3RAfVdbZzqJKDaZVwUrNCmZmzkmx6CvdO8PQJKXFkSozRgB 8IYwD7pzTsDjoi99k1vCyxpDM9wdTWC/V4TaoXCifu/Z2l4p15eHMAnumCTBmtuVRiR5QLX9s VRtK3X34AMb2l+6vIJIgwJ8MOwyy/wbHSHFwi8rnmqvn+OrVaCeY+ZhNqHya5/lVhpQYabpWX Qpo03vJGS6Q2p5dU31JvoMAlEkSPtVilxPt4vBPo62SSoJO52oevbPysvHWnUc+oeejs4OUZY jdN+QpSDDiB7eBIHffJAb2LVoEN5UbrHq8iaz1jShy5xGhCC+wXeDsoNsn14U8Q+XOcZ2WlOB dhVf1H4mXiKdGkVDrCyo4UqCZqIOTgsIOHiiXqnGGReyEe9OXVl+IYtC4VP8z8xhFnRxsbvoC kpnVp8ciihzV+4x257UrWt3bXnPh2/C1Iv38EEBgQuXxTYnDNL7Tt79PRO3Ju8D2ov+tSqBgN 1maYQpDq8nwAZB3ssBVHdr5VoYN48RSLM+zYUo1sIHrCQo10B5nWa2wuHxZcQvJNRVha/4Qr0 ADiCXymWqaB5vx6Tfroic0gkGri6XQk9g6RD3vksy1fY7NVMbt+Qsd0TSeU= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 5AFA7935EA X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.99 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.990,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 06:03:17 -0000 On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 14:24:39 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > 1. The D945GTP workstation does not seem to support booting from a USB > flash drive partitioned with GPT. It does boot from a SATA SSD > partitioned with MBR. (I seem to recall that it booted from a USB flash > drive formatted with MBR.) Once booted, I installed and/or updated the > xorg and xfce packages. Both X and Xfce work, but maximum graphics > resolution seems to be 1600x1200 (monitor is 1920x1080 and this computer > can do that with Debian). You can try to use a xorg.conf or an entry in xorg.conf.d/ to force a specific screen size that matches the actual physical screen size of the display, if the autodetect magic does not work properly. Use xrandr to experiment within an X session. > 2. The Inspiron laptop boots the GPT USB flash drive. Both X and Xfce > work. Maximum graphics resolution seems to be 1024x768 (screen is > 1280x800 and this computer can do that with Debian). Same here. > The Fn+F8 > (CRT/LCD) hotkey combination switches video between either the screen or > the VGA port (also 1024x768 maximum), but does not drive (mirror) both > simultaneously. This is intended. Older systems often allowed a "3 steps switching" where you could cycle through LCD / LCD+CRT / CRT. Of course there are problems when screen size and aspect ratio are different for LCD and CRT (which isn't a CRT anymore, instead if'ts another LCD with usually different parameters). There is also often a "priority selector" that selects one of the tree (or two) modes mentioned, depending on an external display being connected or not. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...