Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 22:19:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XF86 4.0 configuration Message-ID: <200005070319.WAA66294@sullivan.realtime.net> In-Reply-To: <000801bfb7d0$92db7640$2623fea9@win98> from Farhana Pethani at "May 7, 2000 01:01:27 pm"
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> I'm having major problems with configuring X for FreeBSD. First of all
> the colours is at like 8bpps or something and the desktop is larger than
> my actual 15" screen. When i tried to edit the XF86Config file manually
> and removed the 8bpps, I got an error messaging saying:
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Here is part of my configuration:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Nokia"
ModelName "Multigraph 445Xpro"
HorizSync 30-121.0
VertRefresh 50-150
ModeLine "1280x1024" 181.75 1280 1400 1528 1768 1024 1031 1046 1104
-hsync -vsync
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "NVidia Riva TNT"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
Option "DPMS"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Since I only run the 1280x1024, that is the only resolution info in
my configuration. The resolution is why your desktop is larger than your
15" screen, probably! If you check, it is very likely your default is
640x420 or so. I would say go ahead and remove the resolutions you do
not want.
As for color depth, you need to add the DefaultDepth parameter to
your configuration file, or change the default to something other than
8 bpp.
Bruce
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