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Subject: Re: XF86 screen resolution changes on a laptop
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Chris Young <propwash@ica.net> writes:

> I'm a complete newbie to FreeBSD who just installed 4.8 on an IBM 1161
> -
> 41g laptop. I managed to get xf86 installed, up, and running. One
> small problem; I can't seem to get the hotkey combo that changes the
> screen resolution to work. I checked the PAO site docs for help but to
> no avail. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

You mean the ctrl-alt-+ (and minus) combinations?
Those only change the resolution if more than one screen mode passed
the initial configuration as valid.