From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 19 19:45:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01552 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 19:45:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA01480 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 19:44:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA01759; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:14:41 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA13902; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:14:41 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980220141441.08488@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:14:41 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Jeff Reed Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: X11 Screen width short by 1.5" on laptop References: <19980220132643.40436@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Jeff Reed on Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 08:22:47PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 19 February 1998 at 20:22:47 -0700, Jeff Reed wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Oops. I forgot to tell you that you need to switch to the second >> resolution with ctrl-alt-keypad+. This may be difficult to find on a >> laptop. Try replacing the line with: >> >> Modes "800x600" >> >>> Also tried changing the Modeline line to: >>> >>> Modeline "800x600" 25.18 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 >> >> No, it can't. The label in "" is just a name. The real resolution is >> in the numbers that follow: see the 640 and 480 in there? Don't let >> the 800 confuse you: the resolutions are in the 2nd and 6th numbers. > > Changed first the "Mode" lines, then the Modeline line. In both cases it > fails with: > > (--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "800x600"] OK. Reconfigure X and tell it you have an 800x600 mode. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message