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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:36:21 +0100
From:      Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be>
Cc:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Subject:   Re: X11: 1280x768
Message-ID:  <200811111136.23546.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811111105150.23779@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811110745270.22599@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <20081111102556.476e519b.freebsd@edvax.de> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811111105150.23779@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>

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On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:16:14 Pieter Donche wrote:
> Hmm, playing arround in KDE with -xrandr
> $ xrandr --size 1280x768
> Size 1280x768 not found in available modes
> (?? it's in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf ??)

Just because you put a modeline in the xorg config, does not mean the 
videodriver, monitor or card itself, supports that mode.
Inspect /var/log/Xorg.0.log, specifically the supported modes detection,lines 
like:
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce Go 7600 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     Seiko (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1440x900"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "800x600"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "640x480"

It's also helpful to know the make and model of your graphics card, and which 
driver you're using for it.

-- 
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
    and never get to the software part.



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