From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 21 11:47:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-gw6.pacbell.net (mail-gw6.pacbell.net [206.13.28.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 543A3115F4 for ; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:47:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rashmics@pacbell.net) Received: from pacbell.net (ppp-206-170-2-197.sntc01.pacbell.net [206.170.2.197]) by mail-gw6.pacbell.net (8.8.8/8.7.1+antispam) with ESMTP id LAA16201 for ; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:47:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36D06205.D29E0760@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:44:06 -0800 From: Rashmi Mahesh Reply-To: rashmics@pacbell.net Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-PBI-NC404 (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Question on changing video mode? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 at my home PC. I have been trying to increase the resolution of my screen from 640x480 to 800x600, but in vain. I tried changing the /etc/XF86Config file to reflect the new resolution. Somehow, startx does not seem to pick the information from the file. My adapter card (S3 VIRGE) which has 4 MB of memory supports 800x600 resolution at 256 colors (My other partition in the disk which has Windows 95, can boot and come up with that resolution!). I also tried changing through xvidtune and xf86setup utilities. The log file startx.log indicates that 640x480 is the only supplied parameter. What is the correct procedure to change the video mode? -- ================================================================ Rashmi Mahesh 1235, Wildwood Avenue, #407 Tel: (408) 749-0837 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 e-mail:rashmics@pacbell.net rashmics@hotmail.com URL: http://home.pacbell.net/rashmics/ ================================================================ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message