Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:11:06 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cannot change X screen resolution Message-ID: <20020305210837.C203-100000@pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <20020305061845.E203-100000@pukruppa.de>
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On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > On Monday, 4 March 2002 at 20:06:55 +0000, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just installed the latest XFree86-4 port on my -STABLE machine. > > > Now I can't change the screen resolution by typing > > > <ctrl> + <alt> + <numpad +> ( or <numpad ->) > > > anymore - which was quite a helpful feature, because I am little > > > bit short-sighted. > > > > > > I am using the same XF86Config as before. > > > > There has been a format change since 3.3.6. Are you sure it's really > > using the same config file? > Actually I did not upgrade from 3.3.6 but from some Xfree86-4 > (perhaps 3 or 4 months old - Zoom worked with that one). > So indeed I use the same config file. > > > > > Any idea how I can restore this "zoom" feature? > > > > Capture the output of the X startup and check the messages. > I tried > # startx 2 > & 1 > /var/tmp/startuplog > and get > Ambiguous output redirect. > :-( Ok, one has to change to # sh before this would work, *but* startuplog stays clean and empty! Regards, Uli. *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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