Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:20:54 -0800 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Carmel <Carmel_NY@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: XFCE4 and screen resolution Message-ID: <200906120620.54775.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP532F3E90FFC1D220A23FE693430@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP602CA42AC2E493F70F4BED93430@phx.gbl> <20090612144049.c74ec6f9.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU0-SMTP532F3E90FFC1D220A23FE693430@phx.gbl>
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On Friday 12 June 2009 05:42:52 Carmel wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:40:49 +0200 > > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > >On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:27:54 -0400, Carmel <Carmel_NY@hotmail.com> > > > >wrote: > >> I tried a trick I found while Googling to place 'xrandr - 1024x768 -r > >> 85' in the '.xinitrc' file; however, that did not work either. > > > >Maybe your .xinitrc isn't executed? In mine, I have > > > > xrandr --fb 1400x1050 > > xrandr --size 1400x1050 > > > >to override non-functioning X autodetect and non-working xorg.conf > >settings. > > > >> Obviously I am doing something wrong here. Should I post this on the > >> XFCE forum or does someone here have a solution. > > > >Do you have the same problems with other WM / DE? > > Evidently, it is not being executed by startxfce4. If I run the command > once XFCE4 is started, it works. If you're using a display manager to startup the desktop rather then 'startx' after console login, you need .xsession, not .xinitrc. However, you say you execute startxfce4. When/where do you execute it? This program is meant to be the last command in one of the above mentioned files. -- Mel
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