Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:35:39 -0600 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Subject: Re: a number of widly varied questions [FreeBSD 6.0; stdc++6, Xorg/Drivers & issues, one KDE issue] Message-ID: <200603301035.39267.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20603300748h6b520498h71790e0ea96133b2@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20603300748h6b520498h71790e0ea96133b2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thursday 30 March 2006 09:48, Jim Stapleton wrote: > Sorry if some of these aren't all exactly appropriate for here, but > this seems like the best place to ask for a number of them, > especially given my system is FreeBSD, and I've gotten everything > from ports. I'm putting all of this in one email as just a > not-so-quick, quick overview, and to ask if I should do everything in > one email, or should I split it into several emails? > < snip > > Regardless, my monitor (Samsung 712N) likes 1280x1024, Xorg refuses > to run at anything but 1280x960 (which isn't even in my > /etc/X11/xorg.conf file). I expect in answering this my xorg.conf and > my Xorg.0.log file will be desired quantities, but this is just an > overview mail, and I don't want to waste space until I know this > group is right for this question, or you are going to ship me off to > one of the xorg lists (which I can't seem to find on their site). > I'm using the "dri" driver module. Also, on an athlon64, and a 64 bit > installtion, what's the best way to get the drm module working? > ports/graphics/drm-kmod wants an i386 compile (and while I'll be > setting up a i386 cross compiler for open office, I seriously doubt a > 386 kernel module will be happy in a 64 bit kernel). > > > Thank you for your time, > -Jim Stapleton > _______________________________________________ I can help you with the monitor part. I have a Samsung 712N that runs at 1280x1024. Towards the end of xorg.conf there is a section that looks something like this: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection That's what's in mine, and thats what gets the 1280x1024 display. You're also going to have to look for something that looks like this: Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 340 270 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 # Option "DPMS" EndSection I think using 'Xorg -configure' will generate a pretty good xorg.conf file (actually xorg.conf.new) that you can look at, make changes to, and test with 'Xorg -configure xorg.conf.new', you'll have to use ^Backspace to get out of it, but you'll find out if you've get things set right and if the mouse is working. Don
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