From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 20 03:17:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A26CA106566B for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:17:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp2.iomartmail.com (asmtp2.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F94D8FC1A for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:17:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp2.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp2.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p6K3HARW021609; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:17:10 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (80-45-152-196.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.45.152.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp2.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p6K3H9jY021602; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:17:09 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A333C33C1F; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:17:09 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:17:09 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Dieter BSD Message-ID: <20110720031709.GC77041@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20110720011508.105150@gmx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bAmEntskrkuBymla" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110720011508.105150@gmx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:17:14 -0000 --bAmEntskrkuBymla Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 01:15:07AM +0000, Dieter BSD wrote: > > > Have you tried: > > $ xset +dpms > > to use standby etc.? >=20 > xset: =A0unknown option +dpms >=20 > I assume it needs more than the 5 coaxes to do dpms. > (It did appear to be working with the short cable that came > with the monitor.) I wonder if the monitor doesn't support the Energy Star stuff or it's not switched on. Try reading the manpage for xset and fiddling around with the dpms option. E.g: $ xset dpms force on $ xset +dpms You might also want to set the timings for when the monitor goes into standby etc. >=20 > > Font for xterm: x11-fonts/inconsolata-ttf >=20 > I installed package inconsolata-ttf-20090215.tbz >=20 > caching, new cache contents: 24 fonts, 0 dirs > /var/db/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory > fc-cache: succeeded >=20 > xset fp+ /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF > xset fp rehash > xterm -fn "-*-inconsolata-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" > xterm: cannot load font -*-inconsolata-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >=20 > also xfontsel acts screwy if I select inconsolata. > The sample doesn't get updated, and it starts acting like > it needs backing store but doesn't have it. =A0If I then > select some other family, then xfontsel starts acting > normally again. I've got this in ~.Xdefaults: XTerm*faceName: Inconsolata XTerm*faceSize: 16 >=20 > > Pixels off screen: x11/xvidtune > > and "show" modeline once adjusted and stick it in xorg.conf >=20 > That was easy, thanks! Glad that worked. Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --bAmEntskrkuBymla Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4mSLQACgkQHduKvUAgeK5HsACfWwnh08FehCd6C+zQbJ5eK5Cs SKQAniRVzpnghg9HpFIoiJKZFUDMAcWx =oUtE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bAmEntskrkuBymla--