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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:23:04 -0500
From:      Stephen Derdau <sderdau@ne.mediaone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X11 monitor resolution
Message-ID:  <3701A328.990FA00E@ne.mediaone.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903302254460.52630-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net>

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Patrick Seal wrote:
> 
> please always CC to the list too.
> 
> this is the area in my XF86Config:
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier      "Primary Monitor"
>    VendorName      "Unknown"
>    ModelName       "Unknown"
>    HorizSync       30-86
>    VertRefresh     50-130
>    Modeline  "1600x1200" 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
>    Modeline  "1024x768"  98.9  1024 1056 1216 1408   768 782 788 822
> -HSync -VSync
>    Modeline  "800x600"   69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640 -hsync
> -vsync
>    Modeline  "640x480"   45.8   640  672  768  864   480  488  494  530
> -HSync -VSync
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Driver      "svga"
>     Device      "Diamond Viper 330"
>     Monitor     "Primary Monitor"
>     DefaultColorDepth 16
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       8
>         Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>         Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       32
>         Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 
> the 1600x1200 is the default.  You can use Ctrl+Alt+Keypad+ or Keypad- to
> swich to the alternatives.
> 
> Make sure you have apropriate entries in the Monitor section for the
> resolutions.
> 
> Try running XF86Setup or xf86Config to setup this stuff pretty much
> automatically
> 
> I recommend doing some more reading on the subject, because it's beyond
> the scope of what I feel like teaching.
> 
> ------------------------------------ _____________________________________
> Patrick Seal                        |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make
> <patseal@hyperhost.net>             |   really crappy operating systems."
> Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds
> hosting and Design
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org
Depending on video card newer or older you may want
to downloads XFree86-3.3.3.1

works pretty good with my ati agp video card.
Anyway
check out XF86Setup to configure your card
It will make a backup of /etc/XF86Config if it can start the server


The newer version of the server works best !




> 
> On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 gregm@netidea.com wrote:
> 
> > Thankyou Patrick ... I may just be blind but I haven't seen what I'm
> > looking for in XF86Config. I've got my monitor configured but would
> > like to choose a resolution other then the 640x480 that I'm
> > defaulting to. If that is found in XF86Config I'm not recognising it ...
> > any farther hints (I'm using 2.2.6 - release at te moment if that is
> > significant).
> > Thanks,
> > Greg.
> > gregm@netidea.con
> >
> > > man XF86Config
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------ _____________________________________
> > > Patrick Seal                        |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make
> > > <patseal@hyperhost.net>             |   really crappy operating systems."
> > > Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds
> > > hosting and Design
> > >
> > > http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 gregm@netidea.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm been trying to find unsuccessfully how to choose the moniter
> > > > resolution for xwindows. I not finding any info on it. Could someone
> > > > point me in the right direction?
> > > >
> > > > Thank and regards,
> > > > Greg Martin.
> > > > gregm@netidea.com
> > > >
> > > >
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