Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:23:15 -0400 (EDT) From: doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> To: Andy Greenwood <greenwood.andy@gmail.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Forceig a resolution in xorg server Message-ID: <20060828171837.V15411@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <3ee9ca710608281229w38b39d2cmde0f20476dd0b915@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060828192229.GA29844@teddy.fas.com> <3ee9ca710608281229w38b39d2cmde0f20476dd0b915@mail.gmail.com>
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This is in the handbook but:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
:
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Andy Greenwood wrote:
> I haven't used X in a loooong time, but IIRC you should be able to
> just remove all the other modes from the .conf file. If there's only
> one availilbe mode, X will have to use it :-)
>
> On 8/28/06, stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm (huridelly) building a new machine to replaced my (just failed) main
>> workstation at work. I have Xorg installed, and when I type X it starts up
>> OK. KDE, and kdm work also. But, at way too high a resolution. I tried
>> doing
>> X -configure to generate a config file, but the resultant file contains no
>> resolution settings.
>>
>> How can I force X to run in 1280x1024 x 24 bit color mode?
>>
>> --
>> Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity.
>> (Dennis Ritchie)
>>
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