From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 22 22:58:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5AF016A494 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:58:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2208343D81 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:57:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gn12V-0008Gz-UC for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:58:00 +0000 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-2) with SMTP id kAMMvxUa017179 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:57:59 GMT Received: (qmail 92454 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Nov 2006 22:57:54 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:57:54 +0000 To: Gary Robinson Message-ID: <20061122225754.GA92361@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20061122140043.601684.8f5b0c7a@goombah.com> <20061122204940.GA91508@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20061122165124.183885.77099789@goombah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061122165124.183885.77099789@goombah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:57:59 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome display configuration problem 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, 22 Nov 2006 22:58:08 -0000 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 echo "f r a n k @ e s p e r a n c e - l i n u x . c o . u k" | sed 's/ //g' --->PGP keyID: 0x10BD6F4B<---