Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:33:28 -0600 From: "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildret@scotth.emsphone.com> To: Marco DeMarco <marco_demarco@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen Resolution Message-ID: <1163086408.46611.69.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY111-F30ED19DE99E514D35F192691F00@phx.gbl> References: <BAY111-F30ED19DE99E514D35F192691F00@phx.gbl>
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On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 23:20 -0500, Marco DeMarco wrote: > I'm very new to FreeBSD or to any UNIX/Linux environment. My company > is starting to look at it so I wanted to get a head start and use one > of my old PC's to install and learn to use it. I have been able to > install FreesBSD 6.1 - I also downloaded Xorg and finally Gnome 2.12.3 > - This is on a Pentium III 933 MHz 284 Mg RAM. The PC is a Dell > Dimension 4100 and the monitor is a Dell M781s. I can't get the > screen resolution better than 640x480 - but the Monitor manuals state > that it can handle better. > [1]http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/688en/en/index.htm It can handle better. Did you run xorgcfg? This is a graphical X config, it will help you set up your xorg.conf correctly. Read more here, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html > > The Video card is a Trident '94 more than that I don't know how to > figure out. I don't remember if this was the card that came with the > PC from Dell or if I had to replace. One more thing but I believe it > doesn't make a difference - There's an IView KVM Switch that I have in > between the Card and Monitor. Anyway any help to get my Screen > Resolution better than 640x480 would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank You. > _________________________________________________________________ > > [2]Get today's hot entertainment gossip > > References > > 1. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/688en/en/index.htm > 2. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2755??PS=47575 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Scott T. Hildreth <shildret@scotth.emsphone.com>
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