From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 10 18:44:53 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2F096D for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:44:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from m1plsmtpa01-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (m1plsmtpa01-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B064D8FC17 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ethic.thought.org ([209.180.213.209]) by m1plsmtpa01-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net with id ZuiG1k0064XeM0101uiGho; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:42:17 -0700 Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:42:17 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Matthew Seaman Subject: Re: question about my new Dell 3010 Message-ID: <20121210184217.GA20411@ethic.thought.org> References: <20121209002330.GA8528@ethic.thought.org> <50C44DEE.6040601@FreeBSD.org> <20121210003120.GE30396@ethic.thought.org> <50C589CE.1000608@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50C589CE.1000608@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:44:53 -0000 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.