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Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> wrote:

> 'xrandr -q' should definitey query your monitors and dump the new
> information to /var/log/Xorg.0.log if you are using a driver that
> supports xrandr 1.2.

That may be the problem:

  $ xrandr --version
  Server reports RandR version 1.1

> If your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file shows that you are using the
> radeon driver (do you have hundreds of lines starting with
> "(II) RADEON"?)

I have one such line:

  (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP),

followed by about a hundred more listing additional ATI chipsets
(but no more with the "(II) RADEON" prefix).

...

> What version of Xorg do you have installed?

  $ Xorg -version

  X Window System Version 6.9.0
  Release Date: 21 December 2005
  X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
  Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.1 i386 [ELF] 
  Current Operating System: FreeBSD fbsd61 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #30: Mon Jan  1 23:01:34 PST 2007     perryh@fbsd61:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
  Build Date: 24 March 2006
          Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
          to make sure that you have the latest version.
  Module Loader present