Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 11:53:58 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "S. Roberts" <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> Cc: chip.wiegand@simrad.com, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I set the resolution for a new monitor? Message-ID: <20020518115358.K62814@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <1021670265.751.6.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> References: <1021670265.751.6.camel@Demon.Strobe.org>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Multiple mutilations. On Friday, 17 May 2002 at 22:17:45 +0100, S. Roberts wrote: > On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 22:17, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: >> owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote on 05/17/2002 01:51:55 PM: >>> On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 21:53, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: >>>> owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote on 05/17/2002 01:01:49 PM: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> Sorry if this should be a walk in the park for some, but >>>>> after reading about all the warnings, I thought I'd better ask >>>>> before "trying to sort this" without more info. >>>>> >>>>> I've got a new monitor (Sun 21" FD Premium) and attached it to >>>>> my FreeBSD box. It works fine enough, but my display is >>>>> currently set to 1024 * 768, based on my previous XF86 configs >>>>> from install time. >>>>> >>>>> The docs for the new monitor says that the recommended >>>>> resolution to run it at is 1280 * 1024 with the following:- >>>>> >>>>> Horizontal Deflection Freq: 30 - 121 kHz >>>>> Vertical Deflection Freq: 40 - 160 Hz With those parameters, you can run up to 2048x1536. I'm currently doing this resolution on an IBM P260, running at 114 kHz/73 Hz. >>>>> Could someone please let me know, or point me to how I can >>>>> "simply" reset the resolution to match those above? The sooner >>>>> the better, if its not asking too much:-) >>>> >>>> Depends on which version of X you are running. If it's 4.x the >>>> handbook has all the info you need, read chapter 5 section 4. >>> >>> I'm running XF863.3.X. >>> >>> This any help? >> >> You need to run XF86Config (or XF86Setup), preferably >> XF86Config. If I recall correctly it is found in /usr/X11R6/ You can also edit the XF86Config file directly. >> You might want to consider upgrading to XFree86-4. I'd recommend that too. In this case, you run X -configure. > Do I need to log off of "X" before running XF86Config? > > I read through various books here (Handbook, Unleashed and Complete > FreeBSD), but could find any references that actually addressed changing > XF86 settings after initial installation. Complete FreeBSD, third edition, page 144 and on, notably also page 153. > *Any* info would be appreciated here, In particular, I'm wondering about > not messing up my configs for mouse and keyboard settings (MS Natural > Pro Ergonomic). Its just the monitor resolution I need to set. Nobody can really tell you that until they know more about the display card. > I guess what I'm actually asking, is if its possible with XF86Config > to just reset the resolution values to those of the new monitor. No matter what manufacturers try to tell you, monitors don't have resolution values. They have frequency ranges. You probably should read the entire chapter 10 of CFBSD. Greg -- When replying to this message, please take care not to mutilate the original text. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/email.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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