From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 15 05:14:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6F0216A41C for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:14:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22BCE43D48 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:14:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id BF0C486DC2; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:44:38 +0930 (CST) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:44:38 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Ross Penner Message-ID: <20050715051438.GB83370@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qcHopEYAB45HaUaB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg changing modes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:14:41 -0000 --qcHopEYAB45HaUaB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 14 July 2005 at 22:05:31 -0700, Ross Penner wrote: > I've been having trouble getting Xorg to change video modes. I want it > to run in 1280x1024 but it drops to 640x480 when I test it. I used the > handbook as my guide. > > My hardware is pretty old. I have a PIII 500 with a voodoo 3 (agp). > > I've attached my Xorg.conf as well as the log file. > > hopefully that all worked out as I'm typing this out in links. Thanks > for any help I can get, This problem is baffleing me. OK, the way to look at this is to scan the log file for the resolution: $ grep 1280x1024 Xorg.0.log (II) TDFX(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) (II) TDFX(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) (II) TDFX(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) (II) TDFX(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name) (II) TDFX(0): 1280x1024@75Hz Those first three lines are pretty clear. But why? $ grep sync Xorg.0.log (II) TDFX(0): Monitor0: Using default hsync range of 28.00-33.00 kHz (II) TDFX(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (hsync out of range) (II) TDFX(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (hsync out of range) (many more) OK, a horizontal sync of 33 kHz is definitely far too low for that kind of resolution. Looking at the X config file, you have: > Section "Monitor" > #DisplaySize 370 300 # mm > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "HIQ" > ModelName "L90D+ D-SUB" > ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC: > # HorizSync 31.0 - 83.0 > # VertRefresh 56.0 - 0.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection That's funny, because X should recognize the commented-out values, but it looks as if it can't find any information about the monitor by itself. Try uncommenting the two lines. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html The virus contained in this message was detected, clubbed to death and distributed throughout the Internet as vaccine by LEMIS anti-virus. For further details see http://www.lemis.com/grog/lemis-virus.html Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --qcHopEYAB45HaUaB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC10Y+IubykFB6QiMRAvmtAKCHY+rn9gH8aEWF290UJpFNDL2fHgCfW82p Gqo9cBL/SSkySh6H01CPNic= =AEHH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qcHopEYAB45HaUaB--