From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 21 01:59:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88F016A417 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:59:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@athame.co.uk) Received: from hex.athame.co.uk (salama58.adsl.netsonic.fi [81.17.207.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5F8413C45B for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:59:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@athame.co.uk) Received: from [192.168.10.8] by hex.athame.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IYNyn-000MCW-AE; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:30:13 +0300 From: Andy Fawcett To: Adam K Kirchhoff Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:30:47 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200709191325.05607.andy@athame.co.uk> <1190278015.8836.0.camel@sorrow> <200709201214.45418.andy@athame.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200709201214.45418.andy@athame.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709201830.48603.andy@athame.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: After upgrading to 7.3, settings in xorg.conf are not obeyed X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:59:59 -0000 On Thursday 20 September 2007 12:14:45 Andy Fawcett wrote: > On Thursday 20 September 2007 11:46:55 Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 09:31 +0300, Andy Fawcett wrote: > > > On Wednesday 19 September 2007 15:02:08 Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > > Have you checked the output of "xrandr" to see if 1600x1200 is > > > > listed? > > > > > > I reinstalled 7.3 last night, and (of course) the same results. > > > Here is the output of xrandr: > > > > > > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1152 x 768, maximum 2048 x > > > 2048 VGA-0 connected 1152x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x > > > axis y axis) 0mm x 0m > > > m > > > 2048x1536 60.0 > > > 1920x1440 60.0 > > > 1856x1392 60.0 > > > 1792x1344 75.0 60.0 > > > 1600x1200 85.0 75.0 70.0 65.0 60.0 > > > 1600x1024 60.0 > > > 1400x1050 74.8 60.0 > > > 1280x1024 85.0 75.0 60.0 > > > 1280x960 85.0 60.0 > > > 1152x864 75.0 > > > 1152x768 54.8* > > > 1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.1 60.0 > > > 832x624 74.6 > > > 800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 > > > 640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9 > > > 720x400 85.0 > > > 640x400 85.1 > > > 640x350 85.1 > > > DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > > > S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > > > > > > I was looking through bugs.freedesktop.org also to see if other > > > people had problems with resolutions. There were quite a few > > > reports, but I've not had chance to try out any of the proposed > > > solutions yet. > > > > > > One thing I will try this evening is swapping out the 9600 for a > > > 9250 I have, to see if that changes anything. > > > > 1600x1200 is listed. Have you simply tried changing the resolution > > with xrandr? > > Yes I have, and it causes extremely slow updates, flickering, and a > tiled effect where the 1152x768 "screen" ends in the top-left corner. > I'll try to remember to grab a screenie when I get home this evening. Update: The above effect is still true, but if I leave it for a few minutes the system becomes responsive and stops flickering. xrandr -s 1600x1200 xrandr --fbmm 352x264 is the magic combination. Andy -- Andy Fawcett | andy@athame.co.uk | tap@kde.org "In an open world without walls and fences, | tap@lspace.org we wouldn't need Windows and Gates." -- anon | tap@fruitsalad.org