From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 20 21:11:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0207216A4DA for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:11:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carl@UDel.Edu) Received: from md1.nss.udel.edu (md1.nss.udel.edu [128.175.1.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C15A43D79 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:10:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from carl@UDel.Edu) Received: from ms1.nss.udel.edu (ms1.nss.udel.edu [128.175.1.21]) by md1.nss.udel.edu (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id BYG43314; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:10:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from ms1.nss.udel.edu [68.82.120.39]) by ms1.nss.udel.edu (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with HTTPS/1.1 id BTA30773 (AUTH carl); Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:10:52 -0400 (EDT) From: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Mirapoint Webmail Direct 3.7.1-GA MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20060820171052.BTA30773@ms1.nss.udel.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:10:52 -0400 (EDT) X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=md1.nss.udel.edu X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A090202.44E8CEE2.0038,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=128.175.1.21, so=2005-09-30 22:39:37, dmn=5.2.113/2006-07-26 Cc: carl@UDel.Edu Subject: a problem setting screen resolution with Xorg-6.9.0 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: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:11:03 -0000 Fellow FreeBSDers, I originally sent this to FreeBSD-X11, but this may be a more appropriate venue. I have recently installed FreeBSD 6.1 on a Pentium III box, using an NVidia GeForce 2 GTS card and a CTX PL9 monitor. Running "X -configure" as root generates the file xorg.conf.new, and then running "X -config xorg.conf.new", pulls up a generic X screen with a resolution of 1600x1200. I go in and modify the xorg.conf.new file to make the default resolution 1280x1024, and rerun "X -config xorg.conf.new", but the resolution is still 1600x1200. This is a wonderful resolution, but it makes everything rather small, and the icons are difficult to see. I am obviously setting something wrong, but I do not know what it is. Might anyone have any suggestions. I really would rather have the resolution be 1280x1024. Thanks for your help! Carl The following is the file xorg.conf.new: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 360 270 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "CTX" ModelName "3700" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: HorizSync 30.0 - 95.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "SWcursor" # [] #Option "HWcursor" # [] #Option "NoAccel" # [] #Option "ShadowFB" # [] #Option "UseFBDev" # [] #Option "Rotate" # [] #Option "VideoKey" # #Option "FlatPanel" # [] #Option "FPDither" # [] #Option "CrtcNumber" # #Option "FPScale" # [] #Option "FPTweak" # Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV15 [GeForce2 GTS/Pro]" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection