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Date:      Sun, 18 May 1997 10:44:24 +0000
From:      Justin Ashworth <ashworth@spacehog.structured.net>
To:        Ken Presser <kendp@ibm.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XF86 Default Screen Resolution?
Message-ID:  <337EDD88.88B0023@spacehog.structured.net>
References:  <3.0.1.32.19970518123305.006fc878@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>

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Ken Presser wrote:
> 
> With all of the configuration options for XF86 I am having trouble deciding
> which is the "best" way to change the default resolution when I run startx.
>  What with XF86Config, startx, .xinitrc, .Xresources, etc. there are a lot
> of places to change things.

  In your /etc/XF86Config, edit the "Modes" line for the 8-bit option on
your video card. It should read something like --> Modes "800x600"
"1152x864" "1024x768" <-- Or whatever order you would like the different
resolutions to come up in when you cycle through them with
CTRL-ALT-<Keypad +/->. Note: There are a lot default settings in this
file, be sure you edit the correct section.

> Also, anyone know how to speed up the mouse a little?  It's a PS/2 and
> needs a little acceleration in XF86.

  Put a line in your .xinitrc (or .xsession if you use xdm) that reads
something like "xset m 4". You can replace that 4 with any number you
want. The higher the number, the faster the acceleration.

Good luck.
 
- Justin Ashworth, Intern
-- Structured Network Systems, Inc.
--- justin@structured.net



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