Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:57:54 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Gary Robinson <grobinson@goombah.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome display configuration problem Message-ID: <20061122225754.GA92361@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20061122165124.183885.77099789@goombah.com> References: <20061122140043.601684.8f5b0c7a@goombah.com> <20061122204940.GA91508@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20061122165124.183885.77099789@goombah.com>
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 04:51:24PM -0500, Gary Robinson wrote:
>
>
> Frank,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion:
>
> >> Try replacing your screen section with something like this:
> >>
> >> Section "Screen"
> >> Identifier "Screen0"
> >> Device "Card0"
> >> Monitor "Monitor0"
> >> DefaultColorDepth 24
> >>
> >>
> >> SubSection "Display"
> >> Depth 24
> >> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "640x480"
> >> ViewPort 0 0
> >> EndSubSection
> >> EndSection
>
> I did that, and unfortunately it made no difference at all! I'm still
> only seeing 640x480, and that's the only option that comes up in the
> Screen Resolution Preferences panel. Actually the thing that bothers me
> more is the 60 hz refresh rate. That's too slow and hurts my eyes!
>
> Any other suggestions???
>
Gary,
All I can think of (being unfamiliar with Gnome) is that the graphics
card isn't up to displaying 1280x1024 at 24 bits. Or you haven't copied
xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it's picking up a stale
xorg.conf.
Try changing the following parameters:
DefaultColorDepth 8
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart X/Gnome. If it works then add higher
resolutions and colour depths until you achieve a satisfactory result.
You can also try starting X bare:
Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Ctl+Alt+Backspace to kill it. That will determine whether it's an X
problem or a Gnome problem.
--
Frank
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