From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 30 17:26:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 ADE3816A400 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:26:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AE0043D6D for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:26:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so323760wxc for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:26:33 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ax/RIDO28AJL+2qGIbbhvLEs8QItTyVaoX7PuGzo1YI4xSbTGzOIELyJHabkUj15jwornPdVLDGbRAeptti4ZDzg/H5+tG91Py+GZw/2WqoOoxZhaCrEPWuCPF3klIQ6Q2WSzXQiTZNch0udmb50c7gjWquCKgValH9toA7bycI= Received: by 10.70.31.6 with SMTP id e6mr395679wxe; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:26:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.74.19 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:26:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <80f4f2b20603300926k2c75a0f7s2696b1eb3c720384@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:26:32 -0500 From: "Jim Stapleton" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200603301035.39267.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <80f4f2b20603300748h6b520498h71790e0ea96133b2@mail.gmail.com> <200603301035.39267.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> Subject: Re: a number of widly varied questions [FreeBSD 6.0; stdc++6, Xorg/Drivers & issues, one KDE issue] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:26:36 -0000 Thank you, that screen refresh rate seems to have fixed it. The original that xorg generated through the config script just drove my monitor bonkers (lots of shaking and a message on the screen that complained). I finally managed to get it to work forcing horiz and vert to be 60.0 (60.0-60.0 on each). My screen setup was almost identical to yours (except I had 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480 in there as fallbacks). I didn't change that, and it does seem to work. With those settings you gave me, the resolution is now at 1280x1024, and the text no longer causes my eyes to bleed. Thanks! > 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 >