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From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Cannot change X screen resolution
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On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Monday,  4 March 2002 at 20:06:55 +0000, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just installed the latest XFree86-4 port on my -STABLE machine.
> > Now I can't change the screen resolution by typing
> > <ctrl> + <alt> + <numpad +>  ( or <numpad ->)
> > anymore - which was quite a helpful feature, because I am little
> > bit short-sighted.
> >
> > I am using the same XF86Config as before.
>
> There has been a format change since 3.3.6.  Are you sure it's really
> using the same config file?
Actually I did not upgrade from 3.3.6 but from some Xfree86-4
(perhaps 3 or 4 months old - Zoom worked with that one).
So indeed I use the same config file.


> > Any idea how I can restore this "zoom" feature?
>
> Capture the output of the X startup and check the messages.
I tried
	# startx 2 > & 1  > /var/tmp/startuplog
and get
	Ambiguous output redirect.
:-(

Uli.


[P.S. Greg: Very helpful book you wrote.]

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