From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Feb 12 15:46: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5578637B404 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:45:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA92374; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:36:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:36:59 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: Matt H Cc: Matthew Yeo , FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X question for BSD In-Reply-To: <20020212190118.45c19d8f.matt@proweb.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Matt H wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:55:24 -0700 > "Matthew Yeo" wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > Tried this question at the proper X11R86 site and got no response: > > > in Xfree4.x (dont know about 3.3.x) It's the same in 3.3.x. > ctrl-alt-minus > ctrl-alt-plus > > changes between the available video modes (as defined in /etc/X11/XF86Config) > > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1400x1050" > EndSubSection I had a Sony Picturebook for a while that had a wide screen. I got an XF86Config on the web somewhere--designed for Linux, so I had to make a few modifications. But the modes included 1240X480 or something like that, which worked perfectly. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message