From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 1 14:26:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE67B16A41A for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 14:26:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xnooby@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48E1F13C459 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 14:26:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xnooby@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so8800317waf.3 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:26:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=3soZ0Sh1JJ7h4oVehZKOst5dQOwocGuHSrx4F2iZ45M=; b=qT+Y+cuDLbPeFeOBgj2xMi7P8v0nBVfMgeruC/T8hhBXz4WCRaSibejw9HGRj0ikw0e8JFUDScxTm9tnDGVcHTfg4+vPvpJwRhPWfgG5qmAWOw1mR+3WZWIQcIbUYjlkWqQlTHCjKuGh43zp/VLeH+IQkCin9+Q2bFy46PprmOo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=j/9eHdCVpqFsKw2CVk+Khl/5omVbGRBHbDsGS2JhC19kpl9nNfqiAslgIMiY6nfi7aLAsnKSve7yQqke56Wt4SegkPNXsOVGHHhIlcW/ekuUdtSm21vKvtscXAi5dmxK7yvCp2OUTAW1aLCRLR8JpsqVAZ1OAmE1NuLALQxNNi8= Received: by 10.114.195.19 with SMTP id s19mr14183503waf.57.1199196107391; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:01:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.74.9 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 06:01:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 09:01:47 -0500 From: "Xn Nooby" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Resolution too high with 7-RC1, nVidia, xorg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:26:45 -0000 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.