Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:44:05 -0500 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alejandro_Ram=EDrez?= <ales@megared.net.mx> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Johnny F. Morris" <johnny@tds.color-laser.com> Subject: RE: XF86 - Gray screen Message-ID: <000701bea700$18257860$f9a3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <199905252239.RAA22521@venus.hiline.net>
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Hi,
You should try cntrl_alt_+ and cntrl_alt_-, (plus and minus signs) these
will change your resolution.
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Johnny F. Morris <johnny@tds.color-laser.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:39 PM
Subject: XF86 - Gray screen
> I've recently installed XFree86 and thought I had everything set correctly
> but apparently not.
> When I launch X the screen turns gray, the mouse begins working but
nothing
> ever comes
> up on the monitor.
>
> I think I have my monitor settings correct.
> HorizSync 30 - 66
> VertRefresh 50 - 120
> and several different modelines are available.
>
> Is there an error log for X I can check?
>
> BTW...when I ran the xf86config program it went fine and at the end popped
> up a window saying
> "Congratulations...your server is running" but after I exit from that and
> then try to actually start
> the X program it just goes into that gray limbo mode and I end up
> cntrl+alt+bkspce after waiting
> several minutes.
>
> Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.
> Johnny
>
>
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