From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 22 20:49:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D2416A492 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACCF743D49 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:49:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gmz2Q-0002C4-4k for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:49:46 +0000 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-2) with SMTP id kAMKnjdF019263 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:49:45 GMT Received: (qmail 91555 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Nov 2006 20:49:40 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:49:40 +0000 To: Gary Robinson Message-ID: <20061122204940.GA91508@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20061122140043.601684.8f5b0c7a@goombah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061122140043.601684.8f5b0c7a@goombah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:49:46 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome display configuration problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:49:48 -0000 On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 02:00:43PM -0500, Gary Robinson wrote: > > Hi, > > Yesterday I installed freebsd 6.1 on an old Dell PowerEdge 1300. It's > working fine with one exception. I installed gnome from freebsd ports, > and it's giving me a 640x480, 80 Hz screen resolution. The Screen > Resolution Preferences panel gives that combination as the only option. > But my monitor has better capabilities. > > I have edited my xorg.conf.new so that it contains info describing my > display, a Nanoa T2-17TS: > > Section "Monitor" > DisplaySize 1250 938 # mm > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Nanoa" > ModelName "T2-17TS" > Option "DPMS" > HorizSync 30-86 > VertRefresh 55-160 > EndSection > > Other relevant information was automatically filled in be "Xorg -config > xorg.conf.new": > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", > ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "accel" # [] > #Option "crt_display" # [] > #Option "composite_sync" # [] > #Option "hw_cursor" # [] > #Option "linear" # [] > #Option "tv_out" # [] > #Option "tv_standard" # > #Option "mmio_cache" # [] > #Option "test_mmio_cache" # [] > #Option "panel_display" # [] > #Option "probe_clocks" # [] > #Option "reference_clock" # > #Option "shadow_fb" # [] > #Option "sw_cursor" # [] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "ati" > VendorName "ATI" > BoardName "3D Rage IIC AGP" > ChipSet "ati" > ChipId 0x4757 > ChipRev 0x7a > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 1 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 4 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 8 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 15 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 16 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Does anyone have any thoughts about what I can do so that Gnome gives > me more options? > > Any help would be appreciated. Try replacing your screen section with something like this: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultColorDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubSection EndSection Swap the Modes order to find something comfortable. 1280x1024 might be a bit uncomfortable (small text). Or you might be able to toggle through the modes in Gnome. -- Frank echo "f r a n k @ e s p e r a n c e - l i n u x . c o . u k" | sed 's/ //g' --->PGP keyID: 0x10BD6F4B<---