Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:42:17 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: question about my new Dell 3010 Message-ID: <20121210184217.GA20411@ethic.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <50C589CE.1000608@FreeBSD.org> References: <20121209002330.GA8528@ethic.thought.org> <50C44DEE.6040601@FreeBSD.org> <20121210003120.GE30396@ethic.thought.org> <50C589CE.1000608@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 07:05:50AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 10/12/2012 00:31, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 08:38:06AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> > On 09/12/2012 00:23, Gary Kline wrote: > > >>> > > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my > >>> > > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's > >>> > > something like 1280x1014 whereas my widescreen Dell needs > >>> > > 1920x1280 or close to that. do I need to go out and find a > >>> > > videocard? or is there a way of taking my 6GB of RAM and giving > >>> > > it to the video? > > >> > Do you have a DVI connector on your current graphics card, or just the > >> > old style VGA connector? Pretty much all modern widescreen monitors > >> > will have a DVI connector as well as the legacy VGA. > > > actually, I have both. the KVM dates from 2010 and came with > > four cables and eight plugs. > > Ahah! You're using a KVM switch. That can block the monitor from > sending its configuration information to the X server. It's easy to > tell: just try connecting directly to the monitor temporarily. > > If that works, you can use xrandr to extract the monitor details, write > a mode line for your xorg.conf and put the KVM back in the loop, while > keeping the optimum configuration. > > Cheers, > > Matthew the thing is that I had this working before--twice--one running Gnnome, once KDE and both thru theKVM switch. the last time I re-reinstalled from a DVD [gnome], the kde from a CD: nojoy. gary PS I managed to get both ssh's [bi-directionally] within a few hours. ive run every diagnostic I can think of. > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey > > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.
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