From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 9 19:04:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 788851065677 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 19:04:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from smtp-gs.math.arizona.edu (math051.cs.arizona.edu [150.135.82.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547C28FC0A for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 19:04:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from Debian-exim by smtp-gs.math.arizona.edu with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JjfaV-0002YA-6V for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:04:03 -0700 Received: from 71-220-166-120.tcsn.qwest.net ([71.220.166.120] helo=.domain.actdsltmp) by smtp-gs.math.arizona.edu with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JjfXD-0002XH-H8; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:00:39 -0700 Message-ID: <47FD124E.2050301@math.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:00:30 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070916) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nishita@mri.ernet.in, questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ACL-Warn: The HELO/EHLO greeting .domain.actdsltmp is invalid X-Outgoing-Spam-Score: -2.0 (--) Cc: Subject: Re: Screen resolution on FreeBSD 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:04:04 -0000 Nishita Desai wrote: > From: Nishita Desai > Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:26 PM > Subject: Screen resolution on FreeBSD 7.0 > To: freebsd-question@freebsd.org > > > You are missing line DefaultDepth 24. Remove i810 and install Intel driver from ports instead. Adjust xorg.conf accordingly. You my want to use xrandr to experiment with different modes dynamically. Cheers, Predrag > Hello, > > I just installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a Dell Inspirion 640m notebook and am > trying to get the screen resolution right. I need a 1280x800 > wide-screen resolution and according to the Handbook, I should be able > to do that by modifying the xorg.conf. I also have Ubuntu running a > nice resolution on the other partition (slice) so I used the "Screen" > section of it's xorg.conf to make the changes > > Here is the xorg.conf file: > > ------ > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "X.org Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/local/share/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "GLcore" > Load "dbe" > Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "xtrap" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > #DisplaySize 300 190 # mm > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "QDS" > ModelName "47" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "i810" > VendorName "Intel Corporation" > BoardName "Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics > Controller" > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x800" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > ---- > > > I also found this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 45.71-50.53 kHz > (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh value of 60.00 Hz > (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1280x800" (no mode of this name) > (--) I810(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024) > (**) I810(0): Built-in mode "1024x768" > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > Nishita. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >