Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:53:51 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Sam Suh <sam@bigstudios.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Screen Resolution?? Message-ID: <01080921535104.00590@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <3B72EE07.1DC711D0@bigstudios.com> References: <20010809193600.5806.qmail@web10401.mail.yahoo.com> <3B72EE07.1DC711D0@bigstudios.com>
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On Thursday 09 August 2001 16:09, Sam Suh wrote: > Hi, James. > > Try this. ctrl + alt + "+" ( plus sign on your keyboard ). This will > change your resolutions. Just keep hitting it until you get what you > like. That'll only work, though if the X server installed with a variety of resolutions. In the X world, the resolutions are a function of the X server, not the window manage, so Gnome vs. KDE doesn't really have anything to do with it. If the ctl - alt - + (and he really means the + sign on your keypad, not your keyboard here) thing fails, then probably your X server isn't configured to support that resolution, in which case you'l need to post some details of your config file and output from the X server when it starts up, and the like. > > James Jardine wrote: > > I have got FreeBSD 4.4 Installed on my computer and I set up a server > > for Mach 64 Video card. My problem is it will not let me set the > > resolution to anything higher than 640x480 Everything is too large > > and I don't see all of the screen. Does anyone know what I can do > > to make it so I can get my resolution 1024x768 or something like > > that. I am using the KDE because the GNOME was giving me trouble > > but I had resolution problems with that to. any help on this would be > > greatly appreciated. Thank YOu > > > > James Jardine > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! > > Messenger > > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) --------------------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! <------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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