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Subject: Re: Question on changing video mode?
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Run XF86Setup and see if you have S3V chosen for the video card. The probe
option seems to work just fine. You may have to un-tar the S3V driver and
move it to the X11R6/bin directory. It was on the cdrom in the
XF86333/Servers directory. 

Kent

Rashmi Mahesh wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 at my home PC. I have been trying to increase the
> resolution of my screen from 640x480 to 800x600, but in vain. I tried
> changing the /etc/XF86Config file to reflect the new resolution.
> Somehow,
> startx does not seem to pick the information from the file. My adapter
> card
> (S3 VIRGE) which has 4 MB of memory supports 800x600 resolution at
> 256 colors (My other partition in the disk which has Windows 95, can
> boot
> and come up with that resolution!).
> 
> I also tried changing through xvidtune and xf86setup utilities. The log
> file
> startx.log indicates that 640x480 is the only supplied parameter. What
> is
> the correct procedure to change the video mode?
> 
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