Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 21:12:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cannot change X screen resolution [tcsh?] Message-ID: <20020308210011.J2042-100000@pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <E16j49J-0002d2-00@harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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Yes, this did the trick!
My DefaultDepth is 24 and I just set
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
Modes "800x600"
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
Thanks a lot!
Uli.
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Bob Giesen wrote:
> > Last week I installed the latest XFree86-4 port and since then I
> > cannot "Zoom" with
> > <ctrl> + <alt> + <keypad +> and
> > <ctrl> + <alt> + <keypad ->
> > anymore...
> > I also tried to enter something like
> > ModeLine "800x600" ...
> > into XF86Conf but it stays with default 1024x768
> If you're looking at the right file (fwiw, on my 4.1.0 system,
> it's /etc/X11/XF86Config), look for Section "Screen" (prob. at the
> end of the file). Under that, what is the DefaultDepth value? If
> it's 24, e.g., look now for the SubSection "Display" that has the
> Depth 24 line. In that subsection, there should be a "Modes" line
> with one or more resolutions listed. The first resolution shown is
> the one that XF86 will (as I understand it) use for your default
> resolution.
> If there's only one resolution listed for your default color
> depth, that would seem to explain why the server won't switch
> resolutions. (There are certainly other possibilities, but I can
> only venture guesses at those.) If so, you can safely either
> (A) switch your DefaultDepth to match the Display Subsection
> with 800x600 as the first mode (if such one exists) or
> (B) change the resolution from 1024x768 to 800x600 in the
> subsection that matches your DefaultDepth. (NOTE: be
> sure that you have a corresponding ModeLine that won't
> smoke your monitor. I found the following useful:
> http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines)
>
> If you still can't get it going, you might consider sending your
> XF86Config file and/or checking for an XFree86 list for help.
> I don't have the beginning of this thread, anymore, so I'm
> wondering if your graphics card was detected properly in
> configuration and/or if you're sure you're using the correct driver.
> (Prior disclaimer towards the obvious still applies... :-) )
> Hth.
> Bob
>
> --
> "I hate quotations." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
>
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