Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 09:01:47 -0500 From: "Xn Nooby" <xnooby@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Resolution too high with 7-RC1, nVidia, xorg Message-ID: <bdf25fde0801010601p1187229bhae84c86348cf1850@mail.gmail.com>
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I am having trouble getting X to use a screen resolution that is less than the maximum. When I edit my xorg.conf to add a DefaultDepth and a Mode of "1024x768", it still comes up at 1280x1024. I did not create any modeline entries yet, since I'm not sure how to do that. My GUI (icewm) works, but browsing the web creates enormous eye-strain from the high-resolution letters. My hardware is a Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop with an nVidia Card. It comes with SATA CD's, so I have to install with FreeBSD 7-RC1. I started by running "xorg -configure", and used the xorg.conf that it generated. I looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and it had many entries from probing my hardware. It appears there is some kind of dynamic configuration going on, but I know its using the xorg.conf, because it got an error when I changed the adapter entry from "nv" to "vga". I actually had a similar problem on Ubuntu, and they had some "xorg-reconfigure" program that would let you use less than maximum values. I was wondering if FreeBSD had something similar. The "DefaultDepth 24" and "Modes "1024x786"" entries are from the online FreeBSD Handbook, I believe I followed the Handbook instructions properly. Am I missing something obvious? From using Linux, I was expecting the "Modes" values to work.
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