Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:47:54 -0500 From: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on my screen resolution Message-ID: <200610291947.54965.lane@joeandlane.com> In-Reply-To: <68bfdc900610291737r16be5b6cqe203e3bf10adc3c8@mail.gmail.com> References: <68bfdc900610291737r16be5b6cqe203e3bf10adc3c8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday 29 October 2006 19:37, Sherry Zhang wrote: > Hello everyone: > > I am running freebsd 6.1 release on my Dell 6400 laptop computer. It has a > 1280x800 wide-screen resolution. The video card I use is ATI Radeon > Mobility X1300. But I failed to adjust the screen resolution. I follow the > instructions in the FreeBSD handbook, but failed. > > First I add "1280x800" into Modes, but still 1024x768 > Later I add Virtual 1280 800 just after the Modes, X mass up the screen, I > can not see anything. > Last, I run gtf and get a ModeLine, and added into the xorg.conf, and also > use Modes "1280x800", and again it display in 1024x768. > > The drive I use is vesa because when I use radeon or ati, I cannot get into > X. > it says glx not found or something and guess ati or radeon driver does not > support my X1300 video card. > > can anyone gives me a hint? thx. > > Sherry Zhang Sherry, This is probably an xorg issue, not freebsd-specific. But send a copy of /var/log/Xorg.0.log, just for giggles. lane
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