From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 12 14:20:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C84351065672 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95BD58FC13 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF067E837; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:20:55 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:20:54 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <20090612144049.c74ec6f9.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906120620.54775.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Carmel Subject: Re: XFCE4 and screen resolution 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, 12 Jun 2009 14:20:57 -0000 On Friday 12 June 2009 05:42:52 Carmel wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:40:49 +0200 > > Polytropon wrote: > >On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:27:54 -0400, Carmel > > > >wrote: > >> I tried a trick I found while Googling to place 'xrandr - 1024x768 -r > >> 85' in the '.xinitrc' file; however, that did not work either. > > > >Maybe your .xinitrc isn't executed? In mine, I have > > > > xrandr --fb 1400x1050 > > xrandr --size 1400x1050 > > > >to override non-functioning X autodetect and non-working xorg.conf > >settings. > > > >> Obviously I am doing something wrong here. Should I post this on the > >> XFCE forum or does someone here have a solution. > > > >Do you have the same problems with other WM / DE? > > Evidently, it is not being executed by startxfce4. If I run the command > once XFCE4 is started, it works. If you're using a display manager to startup the desktop rather then 'startx' after console login, you need .xsession, not .xinitrc. However, you say you execute startxfce4. When/where do you execute it? This program is meant to be the last command in one of the above mentioned files. -- Mel