Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 21:32:30 -0400 From: "Vlad D.Markov" <markov@monmouth.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XF86 screen resolution changes on a laptop Message-ID: <20030523213230.72d24b39.markov@monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <447k8hpn18.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <3ECC33D6.3020406@ica.net> <447k8hpn18.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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I had a similar problem. I forgot to enter the horizontal and Vertical refresh rates of the monitor after I had XFree86 build the config file. I am still surprised X worked at all. It was one ugly display. On 23 May 2003 13:53:39 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> wrote: > Chris Young <propwash@ica.net> writes: > > > I'm a complete newbie to FreeBSD who just installed 4.8 on an IBM > > 1161- > > 41g laptop. I managed to get xf86 installed, up, and running. One > > small problem; I can't seem to get the hotkey combo that changes the > > screen resolution to work. I checked the PAO site docs for help but > > to no avail. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > You mean the ctrl-alt-+ (and minus) combinations? > Those only change the resolution if more than one screen mode passed > the initial configuration as valid. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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