Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 09:05:44 +1000 From: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> To: "ScaryG" <scaryg@sputnik.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xwindows - getting better than 640x480 Message-ID: <200104012305.JAA00553@tungsten.austclear.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "ScaryG" <scaryg@sputnik.org> of "Sun, 01 Apr 2001 17:29:29 -0400." <NEBBIBBMOLOKIBAOAKCFCEKMCAAA.scaryg@sputnik.org>
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scaryg@sputnik.org said: > I'm happy to say that after a couple days of compiling and upgrading, > I have Xfree 3.3.6 running with Gnome 1.2 > Problem is.. I'm trapped in 640x480 mode! > How can I get to 800x600? > I've checked the config and it shows my Mach64 video card, 2 megs of > ram, various mode, correct monitor type. > >From what I've read, I should be able to press CTRL+ALT+Numberpad + > or - to flip through the video modes... > That isn't working for me at all. > Let me admit that this keyboard is old... perhaps it isn't sending the > correct stuff back? I'm not an expert on this, but this is what happened to me... I had similar experiences trying to get my X-windows to work with my nVidia GeForce2 MX and a Gateway 2000 monitor (using XFree86 4.0.2). What seemed to be happening was that in startup it was rejecting a number of the modes because they didn't match the pre-configured VESA specs (which I couldn't find a list of). However, in my case that resulted in it coming up at 1920x<something else fairly large>, and 256 colours. What I eventually worked out was that for each bit-depth it has a list of resolutions that go into the list for the CTRL+ALT+Numpad[+|-]. In my case, there was only the one resolution, which I assume is what's happening to you. Eventually I went down to the "Screen" section and added a mode I'd written to the list for 24 bits, restarted X (with 24 bits), and there it was. I'm still trying to find the time to write to Gateway to get a better list of modes than the one in the manual so I can submit a complete monitor definition. Hope that's SOME help... Tony -- Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Senior Network Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 Level 4, Rialto North Tower 525 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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