Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 15:09:16 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: rashmics@pacbell.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question on changing video mode? Message-ID: <36D0921C.A815E33C@3-cities.com> References: <36D06205.D29E0760@pacbell.net>
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Run XF86Setup and see if you have S3V chosen for the video card. The probe option seems to work just fine. You may have to un-tar the S3V driver and move it to the X11R6/bin directory. It was on the cdrom in the XF86333/Servers directory. Kent Rashmi Mahesh wrote: > > Hi, > > I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 at my home PC. I have been trying to increase the > resolution of my screen from 640x480 to 800x600, but in vain. I tried > changing the /etc/XF86Config file to reflect the new resolution. > Somehow, > startx does not seem to pick the information from the file. My adapter > card > (S3 VIRGE) which has 4 MB of memory supports 800x600 resolution at > 256 colors (My other partition in the disk which has Windows 95, can > boot > and come up with that resolution!). > > I also tried changing through xvidtune and xf86setup utilities. The log > file > startx.log indicates that 640x480 is the only supplied parameter. What > is > the correct procedure to change the video mode? > > -- > ================================================================ > Rashmi Mahesh 1235, Wildwood Avenue, #407 > Tel: (408) 749-0837 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 > > e-mail:rashmics@pacbell.net > rashmics@hotmail.com > URL: http://home.pacbell.net/rashmics/ > > ================================================================ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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