Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 18:36:02 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>, Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com> Cc: Ben Lovett <blovett@bsdguru.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell 8200 - NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go - XF86 Message-ID: <20020426223602.5F14ABB29@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <1019858129.40336.9.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> References: <200204262141.RAA05261@heimdall.ttsg.com> <1019858129.40336.9.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>
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On Friday 26 April 2002 05:55 pm, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: | On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 18:41, Tuc wrote: | > > > How do I find out the V/H on the screen? | > > | > > This is the same problem I saw. Use xf86cfg to get things like the | > > keyboard and mouse right, then set the resultion to 1600x1200 in | > > XF86Config. Note what I say in my article that anything less than | > > 1600x1200 resulted in the effect you're seeing now. Check out my | > > example XF86Config in the article if you need more guidance. | > | > Yours makes my X lock up, not even CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE works. | > | > > On the bright side, 1600x1200 looks awesome on my 8100. | > | > I've got it to the point where there is about a thumb width (I'm a | > big guy) of black border. | > | > I'll deal with this if its the best I can get! | > | > So, how do I get a better window manager... TWM, YUCK! | | Being a FreeBSD GNOME developer, I recommend making sure your ports tree | is up-to-date, then doing: | | # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome | # make clean | # make install clean There's lots to choose from. I favor kde myself, but you install them all the same basic way . . . Note that installing one from packages probably won't generate optimal results since you have a newer X. | | Once that completes, add the following to ~/.xinitrc: | | exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session | | And run startx. | | Joe | | > Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc. | > | > > Joe | > > | > > > Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc. | > > | > > -- | > > PGP Key: http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc | > > | > > | > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) http://www.babbleon.org http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org If you smell the smoke you don't need to be told what you've got to do; Yet there's a certain breed, so very in-between, they'd rather take a vote. -- DEVO -- Here To Go To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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