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Date:      Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:52:28 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        kaygarme@slingshot.co.nz
Subject:   Re: Help with xorg.conf
Message-ID:  <200508152152.28638.kstewart@owt.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050816163937.63n0u80s0swokgsw@webmail.slingshot.co.nz>
References:  <20050816163937.63n0u80s0swokgsw@webmail.slingshot.co.nz>

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On Monday 15 August 2005 09:39 pm, kaygarme@slingshot.co.nz wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm a FreeBSD newbie and have been lovin' the whole experience.  I've
> recently got  fluxbox working as my WM, which was an experience, and
> just got firefox working too.  My problem is that I can't get X to
> use my whole screen and it is stuck on some crappy resolution,
> 800x600 I think.  I've followed all of the documentation to include
> all of the lines about:
>
> DefaultDisplay 24
>
> Modes "1024x768"
>
> etc ...
>
> However none of them have an effect!  Please help!

Look for x-windows config files in different locations. I had an old one 
that was still being used and nothing I did to the other worked. I was 
using XF86Config and "locate XF86Config" found the one actually being 
used. It sounds like you may have a similar problem.

Kent

>
> Gareth
>
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-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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