Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:36:03 GMT From: Thomas Beery <tbeery@lanl.gov> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/128342: Handbook 5.4.2 "Configuring X11" should suggest using window manager for screen resolution Message-ID: <200810241436.m9OEa3kn097957@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200810241440.m9OEe1n7069222@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 128342 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook 5.4.2 "Configuring X11" should suggest using window manager for screen resolution >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 24 14:40:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Thomas Beery >Release: 6.3 >Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory >Environment: FreeBSD tchrom.lanl.gov 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 16 04:45:45 UTC 2008 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 >Description: Handbook section 5.4.2, "Configuring X11" says" "As of version 7.3, Xorg can often work without any configuration file by simply typing at prompt: % startx If this does not work, or if the default configuration is not acceptable, then X11 must be configured manually. ....." In my case a screen resolution of 1280x1024 at 60Hz on analog was desired. Startx gave a resolution of 1024x768. It was much easier to start XFce and change the resolution using the "Display Settings" tool than to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf . >How-To-Repeat: Matrox M400 board, broken i2c/ddc, 1280x1024 @ 60Hz desired. >Fix: Change Handbook section 5.4.2 "Configuring X11" to read: .. % startx If the default configuration is not acceptable, continue with the installation of Gnome, KDE, or XFce and try to set resolution/frequency using the appropriate tool. If this does not work or "startx" does not display anything at all, then X11 must be configured manually. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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