From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 04:52:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F3A16A41F for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:52:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FFFA43D45 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:52:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j7G4qBie021193; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:52:11 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:52:28 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20050816163937.63n0u80s0swokgsw@webmail.slingshot.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <20050816163937.63n0u80s0swokgsw@webmail.slingshot.co.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508152152.28638.kstewart@owt.com> Cc: kaygarme@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: Help with xorg.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:52:30 -0000 On Monday 15 August 2005 09:39 pm, kaygarme@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm a FreeBSD newbie and have been lovin' the whole experience. I've > recently got fluxbox working as my WM, which was an experience, and > just got firefox working too. My problem is that I can't get X to > use my whole screen and it is stuck on some crappy resolution, > 800x600 I think. I've followed all of the documentation to include > all of the lines about: > > DefaultDisplay 24 > > Modes "1024x768" > > etc ... > > However none of them have an effect! Please help! Look for x-windows config files in different locations. I had an old one that was still being used and nothing I did to the other worked. I was using XF86Config and "locate XF86Config" found the one actually being used. It sounds like you may have a similar problem. Kent > > Gareth > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html