Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:37:01 -0500 From: Danie Du Toit <danie.dutoit@gmail.com> To: Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to configure Xorg to run at 1280x1024 Message-ID: <8af8258905020609375c9c4e11@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200502060642.23983.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> References: <200502060642.23983.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
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You have two SubSection "display"'s with depth 8 - try remove the second one :
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 06:42:23 +0100, Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
>
> > People,
> >
> > One of my larger servers has 5.3 and Xorg; I can't find the
> > right configuration setting for the display; so it runs at
> > its maximum: 1600x1200. This would be fine except that the
> > apps shake with tiny wavy lines. The driver may be pushing
> > things to their limit.
> >
> > I've tried X -configure and Xorg -conf. Somehow or other
> > I've generated an xorg.conf in /etc/X11, but no luck in
> > changing the resolution. The closest I've come to having
> > things work with xorg.conf and startx is to see a blank/grey
> > screen--at 1600x1200. I have ctwm set up in /root and
> > /home/kline.
> >
> > Modifying the Screen Section messes things up for some
> > reason. I finally *do* have xorg working with /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > but only with the following commented:
>
> Try putting something like this:
> Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
> in Section "Monitor".
> What do you mean by "messes things up" with the modified Screen Section? Do
> you get errors? Do note that you can't have more than one Screen section with
> same Identifier string.
>
>
> Dejan
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