From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 21 7:35:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpproxy1.mitre.org (mbunix.mitre.org [129.83.20.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF0B37BB50 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:35:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jandrese@mitre.org) Received: from avsrv1.mitre.org (avsrv1.mitre.org [129.83.20.58]) by smtpproxy1.mitre.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA11194 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:35:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailsrv2.mitre.org (mailsrv2.mitre.org [129.83.221.17]) by smtpsrv1.mitre.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA15453 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:33:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mitre.org ([128.29.145.140]) by mailsrv2.mitre.org (Netscape Messaging Server 4.1) with ESMTP id FY1XVJ00.4E6; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:35:43 -0400 Message-ID: <39786048.DEC01367@mitre.org> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:38:00 -0400 From: "Andresen,Jason R." Organization: The MITRE Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en]C-20000509M (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Person Roderick" Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 Size problem. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Person, Roderick" wrote: > > I got Xfree86 4.0 to run on my no-name cirrus card. I even have correct > color depth. But I can't get the size to 800x600. It will only run in 640 x > 480, although it's fast clear and uses less memory, window maker isn't nice > at the resolution (at least on a 14' screen). I have tried to insert the > mode lines( Mode "800x600" "640x480") in the Screen section for the 16 bpp > subsection but no luck. Anyone have a clue or know where to look. I've tried > all the places I can think to look readme, mans info and even xfree86.org > but I can't seem to find anything on this topic for the 4.0 release A few possiblites: 1. Are you editing the right file? XFree4.0 sticks the configuration in /etc/X11/XF86Config instead of /etc/XF86Config. 2. Is X running in 16bpp mode? You can check with xwininfo and clicking on the root window. 3. In my configuration the keyword is "Modes" instead of "Mode" although I doubt that is the problem. 4. Is there an 800x600 modeline for your monitor? I don't think XFree actually *requires* these anymore, but it doesn't hurt to check. 5. Do you have a virtual desktop set at 640 480? 6. When all else fails, send the output of startx to the list so we can make an educated guess. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message