From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 1 15:12:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E750916A417 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 15:12:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wahjava@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FEE413C447 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2008 15:12:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wahjava@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so7759741fka.11 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:12:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:to:cc:subject:x-face:references:x-pgp-fp:x-pgp:x-mailer:x-attribution:pgp:organization:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:face:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=UjYF8PFifMXlTSngv5wmpdQ5VhPh5V4KmtKDTsOldYI=; b=Ojbz0/OL3FMncSF7nT6tZz+6zvk3VnjztuK5dHYXK6P8iTebV+7OvhR5I3onMBjL5FBeo40yQFQFiIQfOATimnEJ6+XNNF0ExkMlWBhitzOJgxWLDfoCJtXCfo5VDsenpJTORDKTkH0pvUfCDDqKOe9A9DcU/JZ9FVvNdxZk3gE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=to:cc:subject:x-face:references:x-pgp-fp:x-pgp:x-mailer:x-attribution:pgp:organization:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:face:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=T199mNhJy5n/l6aQUQQuUsUw9goD9oVkDhsCrAjsrj9QY/dL969xM5eRKArKNxjzEHxLHqAHSP455GV0K/cxnzJfRq1Da1+kMesRjmFEmPjiwaq4ithrlFeM5+PbqXitZWbJLu7rBwYjCP4IlkTAF0E9tyP9pQAauMW3xsEIEww= Received: by 10.82.106.14 with SMTP id e14mr16179256buc.38.1199200341736; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:12:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from chateau.d.lf ( [122.162.250.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c5sm11477441nfi.2.2008.01.01.07.12.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:12:20 -0800 (PST) To: "Xn Nooby" X-Face: "\:nMpJ)EA!j>2nEu-[(+&o:N+CtL^AS\, Jv*LO5qBr#W2.\=d X-PGP-FP: 1E00 4679 77E4 F8EE 2E4B 56F2 1F2F 8410 762E 5E74 X-PGP: 762E5E74 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.11 (Oort 5.11) Emacs/22.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Attribution: =?utf-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3?= PGP: 762E5E74 Organization: /\/0/\/3 From: wahjava.ml@gmail.com (Ashish Shukla =?utf-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3IA==?= =?utf-8?B?4KS24KWB4KSV4KWN4KSy?=) Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:41:43 +0530 In-Reply-To: (Xn Nooby's message of "Tue\, 1 Jan 2008 09\:01\:47 -0500") Message-ID: <87tzlxvavk.fsf@chateau.d.lf> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEVfX1/8/PwTExMDAwO0 tLSampr////f398oKCi/v78MDAwICAihq32EAAACU0lEQVQ4jW3UvWvbQBQA8LOJsJIsOajtZAtH Aqq8FLQUvNjhCex2UYpE7XYytPJalxJnFMImqrOkIJfcZtwGgrqEhELQ/XN9p+jLbc+Drfvx7r17 9jNxszXCV2mR9P3ACoKAOM5bugn1hRBRFAnxeErLMN4RIpbwYKwmZfgkMGDNol8PhlFrFDDalQcx BMMwXpwV8KElYqYzpmOA0a4UsC/EmrEU4ptGDq9kghTabP09g9EuFiSpJQOYXslgrEd6Aj8Q7pl+ kcFH3NRlUTIFfvyZwV4sEzwV20a4y2A/BWEYLxdYwk0Gn+Mohfa2X4bXsn8StC0uYdVI4T02cK0F is15ArcZYKeER5Q+f4JofZZHiPshJPt8BwtPrp4kF+KOp+sdpjvOjqpf3n+1bD6dTjk3ySKuZVU1 ezcdpm3h/pL4h9eP3Rw6R5bqa9t86a/1W3OVd7dpzgBMx8YAxVFgvgmqDTwEdQignOVgI1ggoQMA x40CFHzmCHgXcEoAig39MOSATTGt5znQL4qDIRIgNK2LAqYWAl47lBGDSgHNjoOt6vdDkNAtQc9E wN0EJgXQN7aMSABIGU7mMiI5CtQJzX9w9PwQYOApVqBwCMqwp9lmkKzh0qM5uPTAn/Vw0ogazK9m JRjR6pHqEVyqd1XbgPPfKkgAddClxRi49NmKcNMh+JV4T7mzqW1e2jwk3pAPjugGuCfHPLRIP/Qr tLEB9daW7HrvcLIx55i/9zjkfMlO//pnwLHyPcupzrL9AtxrFgTaN/dfGFcjreb+B9wmnzaKpz8p dKsBFjzeRQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: =?UTF-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3IOCktuClgeCkleCljeCksg==?= Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resolution too high with 7-RC1, nVidia, xorg 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, 01 Jan 2008 15:12:24 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>>>> "Xn" =3D=3D Xn Nooby writes: Xn> I am having trouble getting X to use a screen resolution that is le= ss Xn> than the maximum. When I edit my xorg.conf to add a DefaultDepth a= nd Xn> a Mode of "1024x768", it still comes up at 1280x1024. I did not Xn> create any modeline entries yet, since I'm not sure how to do that. Xn> My GUI (icewm) works, but browsing the web creates enormous eye-str= ain Xn> from the high-resolution letters. Xn> My hardware is a Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop with an nVidia Card. It Xn> comes with SATA CD's, so I have to install with FreeBSD 7-RC1. Xn> I started by running "xorg -configure", and used the xorg.conf that= it Xn> generated. I looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and it had many entries Xn> from probing my hardware. It appears there is some kind of dynamic Xn> configuration going on, but I know its using the xorg.conf, because= it Xn> got an error when I changed the adapter entry from "nv" to "vga". Xn> I actually had a similar problem on Ubuntu, and they had some Xn> "xorg-reconfigure" program that would let you use less than maximum Xn> values. I was wondering if FreeBSD had something similar. Xn> The "DefaultDepth 24" and "Modes "1024x786"" entries are from the Xn> online FreeBSD Handbook, I believe I followed the Handbook Xn> instructions properly. Xn> Am I missing something obvious? From using Linux, I was expecting = the Xn> "Modes" values to work. "TargetRefresh", and "PreferredMode" options, available in recent Xorg releases (probably since 7.2), you'll require. I'm using "TargetRefresh" (75 Hz) on my Intel 945G graphics to set my monitor to display 1440x900 rather than 1280x1024. And this same configuration is working fine for both FreeBSD 7.0-BETA4 (amd64), and Ubuntu 7.10 (amd64). 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