From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 23 18:32:44 2003 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 AABE237B401 for ; Fri, 23 May 2003 18:32:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.monmouth.com (smtp.monmouth.com [209.191.58.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7B343FA3 for ; Fri, 23 May 2003 18:32:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from markov@monmouth.com) Received: from happy.markov.net (bg-tc-ppp1444.monmouth.com [209.191.17.59]) by smtp.monmouth.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4O1WaD4029739 for ; Fri, 23 May 2003 21:32:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from happy.markov.net (happy.markov.net [192.168.0.5]) by happy.markov.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B22DB3FF9 for ; Fri, 23 May 2003 21:32:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 21:32:30 -0400 From: "Vlad D.Markov" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: XF86 screen resolution changes on a laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 01:32:45 -0000 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 wrote: > Chris Young 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" >