From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 25 13:58:40 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF353106564A for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 13:58:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp4.iomartmail.com (asmtp4.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F9C8FC16 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 13:58:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp4.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp4.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p4PDpggD028306; Wed, 25 May 2011 14:51:43 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (80-45-152-196.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.45.152.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp4.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p4PDpfXF028286; Wed, 25 May 2011 14:51:42 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 58FA833C52; Wed, 25 May 2011 14:58:36 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 14:58:36 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Ed Flecko Message-ID: <20110525135836.GB45936@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change Fluxbox resolution? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 13:58:40 -0000 --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 06:08:55AM -0700, Ed Flecko wrote: > > Hi folks, > I've installed FBSD 8.2 and Fluxbox. Fluxbox works just fine, but I > can't figure out how to change my resolution to 1024x768 (my monitor > is a 19" - but the square format, not widescreen format). When Fluxbox > runs...it's too wide for my monitor. That sounds like you might have to fiddle with the monitor controls. Another thing to play with is x11/xvidtune and get a modeline out of it. After you've got a satisfactory image pres "show" and paste that line into xorg.conf BTW, most modern 19" monitors are 1280x1024 >=20 > Here's what I've done: >=20 > 1. pkg_add ?r xorg >=20 > 2. pkg_add ?r fluxbox >=20 > 3. # Xorg -configure >=20 > 4. # cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf >=20 > 5. # echo hald_enable=3D\?YES\" >> /etc/rc.conf >=20 > 6. # echo dbus_enable=3D\?YES\" >> /etc/rc.conf >=20 > 7. reboot >=20 > 8. # echo ?/usr/local/bin/startfluxbox? >> ~/.xinitrc >=20 > 9. startx >=20 > I've edited xorg.conf and added a 1024x768 entry, but apparently > something's not right. >=20 > Comments? Suggestions? >=20 > Thank you, > Ed > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk3dCwsACgkQHduKvUAgeK5bhgCeIscrropTwCeXK2iT0uf1eP23 gLMAoLKuMY3/6uc2xEFy3I4UIHjdQh2V =C6ki -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP--