From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 9 04:20:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3073616A407 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 04:20:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marco_demarco@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc2-s1.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s1.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E915343D4C for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 04:20:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marco_demarco@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.17.40]) by bay0-omc2-s1.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 20:20:32 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 20:20:32 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 64.4.17.200 by by111fd.bay111.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:20:29 GMT X-Originating-IP: [71.139.143.64] X-Originating-Email: [marco_demarco@hotmail.com] X-Sender: marco_demarco@hotmail.com From: "Marco DeMarco" To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:20:29 -0500 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Nov 2006 04:20:32.0782 (UTC) FILETIME=[65A87AE0:01C703B6] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:44:11 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Screen Resolution X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:20:33 -0000 I'm very new to FreeBSD or to any UNIX/Linux environment. My company is starting to look at it so I wanted to get a head start and use one of my old PC's to install and learn to use it. I have been able to install FreesBSD 6.1 - I also downloaded Xorg and finally Gnome 2.12.3 - This is on a Pentium III 933 MHz 284 Mg RAM. The PC is a Dell Dimension 4100 and the monitor is a Dell M781s. I can't get the screen resolution better than 640x480 - but the Monitor manuals state that it can handle better. [1]http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/688en/en/index.htm The Video card is a Trident '94 more than that I don't know how to figure out. I don't remember if this was the card that came with the PC from Dell or if I had to replace. One more thing but I believe it doesn't make a difference - There's an IView KVM Switch that I have in between the Card and Monitor. Anyway any help to get my Screen Resolution better than 640x480 would be greatly appreciated. Thank You. _________________________________________________________________ [2]Get today's hot entertainment gossip References 1. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/688en/en/index.htm 2. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2755??PS=47575