From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 17 15:33: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.simrad.no (mail.simrad.no [193.69.73.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E16437B400; Fri, 17 May 2002 15:32:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: How do I set the resolution for a new monitor? To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: chip.wiegand@simrad.com, FreeBSD-Questions , owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Build M12_02042002 Pre-release 1 February 04, 2002 Message-ID: From: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 15:33:46 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on S_INET01/S_EXT(Release 5.0.6a |January 17, 2001) at 18.05.2002 00:33:54 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "S. Roberts" wrote on 05/17/2002 02:17:45 PM: > Do I need to log off of "X" before running XF86Config? You can edit /etc/XF86Config while in X, but you'll need to restart X to apply the changes. > I read through various books here (Handbook, Unleashed and Complete > FreeBSD), but could find any references that actually addressed changing > XF86 settings after initial installation. Did you check www.xfree86.org? They have lots of documentation. > *Any* info would be appreciated here, In particular, I'm wondering about > not messing up my configs for mouse and keyboard settings (MS Natural > Pro Ergonomic). Its just the monitor resolution I need to set. > > I guess what I'm actually asking, is if its possible with XF86Config to > just reset the resolution values to those of the new monitor. Just make the necessary changes to the video section and leave the rest alone. -- Chip > Thanks for taking the time and the iformation! > > Stacey > > On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 22:17, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > > > > owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote on 05/17/2002 01:51:55 PM: > > > > > I'm running XF863.3.X. > > > > > > This any help? > > > > > > Stacey > > > > You need to run XF86Config (or XF86Setup), preferably XF86Config. If I > > recall > > correctly it is found in /usr/X11R6/ > > > > You might want to consider upgrading to XFree86-4. > > > > -- > > Chip > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 21:53, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > > > > > > > > owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote on 05/17/2002 01:01:49 PM: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > Sorry if this should be a walk in the park for some, but after > > > > > reading about all the warnings, I thought I'd better ask before > > "trying > > > > > to sort this" without more info. > > > > > > > > > > I've got a new monitor (Sun 21" FD Premium) and attached it to my > > > > > FreeBSD box. It works fine enough, but my display is currently set to > > > > > 1024 * 768, based on my previous XF86 configs from install time. > > > > > > > > > > The docs for the new monitor says that the recommended resolution t > > orun > > > > > it at is 1280 * 1024 with the following:- > > > > > Horizontal Deflection Freq: 30 - 121 kHz > > > > > Vertical Deflection Freq: 40 - 160 Hz > > > > > > > > > > Could someone please let me know, or point me to how I can "simply" > > > > > reset the resolution to match those above? The sooner the better, if > > its > > > > > not asking too much:-) > > > > > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > > > Depends on which version of X you are running. If it's 4.x the handbook > > has > > > > all the info you need, read chapter 5 section 4. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chip > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > -- > > > Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > > > Network Systems Engineer > > > > > > [attachment "signature.asc" removed by Chip Wiegand/USSEA/S/KM/KOG] > > > -- > Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > Network Systems Engineer > > [attachment "signature.asc" removed by Chip Wiegand/USSEA/S/KM/KOG] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message