From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 18:06:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F361B16A4CE for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:06:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E302043D1D for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:06:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CFB1F72DD4; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:06:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA94272DCB; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:06:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:06:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Daniel O'Connor In-Reply-To: <200408301135.53552.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Message-ID: <20040830105944.Y85743@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040825150547.GI6962@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20040829163858.Q69068@carver.gumbysoft.com> <200408301135.53552.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Dan Nelson cc: Rusty Nejdl cc: Ken Smith Subject: Re: X.org configuration in sysinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:06:11 -0000 On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:09, Doug White wrote: > > > It finds the highest resolution supported by your card _and_ monitor. > > > > .... at 8 bit color, which is the part that really bothers me. > > Yeah that IS kind of dumb. > > It'd be interesting to now how the heuristic works for that so it can be made > more useful for modern hardware.. It uses DDC to download your monitor's specs from the monitor itself, then matches it up to a set of builtin modelines at the given bitdepth. I think it prefers resolution over refresh, but it depends on the limiting factor, the card's clock or the monitor's frequency ranges. Looking at the output in /var/log/Xorg.0.log should illuminate its choices. I generally end up adding a DefaultDepth and a Modes line at that depth to force the resolution a specific way. I haven't ever tried Xorg -configure -depth 24 and see if it spits out a DefaultDepth line... -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org