From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 11 18:23:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5643E16A4CE for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:23:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0442F43D46 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:23:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.hauber@mchsi.com) Received: from [10.51.10.3] (12-219-204-133.client.mchsi.com[12.219.204.133]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with ESMTP id <20040911182338m920003m26e>; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:23:38 +0000 From: Mike Hauber To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:22:27 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: In-Reply-To: X-Copyright: 2004, Michael C. Hauber. All rights reserved. X-Notice: Duplication, modification, and/or redistribution are prohibited without proper consent from the author. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409111422.27457.m.hauber@mchsi.com> Subject: Re: ok X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: m.hauber@mchsi.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:23:39 -0000 On Saturday 11 September 2004 10:31 am, A W proclaimed: > how come every time i try to launch KDE in 256 colors and > select a screen like 800x600 it always gives me a 256 > color and something like 300x200 screen? how can i change > it so that it runs like 256 color and 800x600 pixs? > > thanks > You probably want to look at you XF86Config file. At the command prompt, "man XF86Config" will give you the low-down on what your options are in the config file. Many don't seem to have a problem with the config application, but it's never been a once-over solution for me. When setting up x, I'll use the application to create the config file, then I'll go in and customize it for my needs. I assume it's because I have one of those cheapo video adapters built into the motherboard, but I imagine that a lot of people find it necessary to do so. Hope this helps. Mike