Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 00:15:51 -0600 From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Cannot change X screen resolution Message-ID: <E16i8FN-0005yK-00@albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020305061845.E203-100000@pukruppa.de> References: <20020305061845.E203-100000@pukruppa.de>
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On Tuesday 05 March 2002 12:27 am, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
> 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.
It's ambiguous because of the space you have after the ampersand
("&"). The shell is trying to run the command "startx 2 >" in the
background. (It is ambiguous in that you're beginning to redirect
the stderr output without telling the shell where you want it to
go...) You must not have a space between the ampersand and the "1."
Still, this command will not log error output. See my earlier
message for details.
Bob
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