Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:41:43 +0530 From: wahjava.ml@gmail.com (Ashish Shukla =?utf-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3IA==?= =?utf-8?B?4KS24KWB4KSV4KWN4KSy?=) To: "Xn Nooby" <xnooby@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resolution too high with 7-RC1, nVidia, xorg Message-ID: <87tzlxvavk.fsf@chateau.d.lf> In-Reply-To: <bdf25fde0801010601p1187229bhae84c86348cf1850@mail.gmail.com> (Xn Nooby's message of "Tue\, 1 Jan 2008 09\:01\:47 -0500") References: <bdf25fde0801010601p1187229bhae84c86348cf1850@mail.gmail.com>
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>>>>> "Xn" =3D=3D Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com> writes:
Xn> I am having trouble getting X to use a screen resolution that is le=
ss
Xn> than the maximum. When I edit my xorg.conf to add a DefaultDepth a=
nd
Xn> a Mode of "1024x768", it still comes up at 1280x1024. I did not
Xn> create any modeline entries yet, since I'm not sure how to do that.
Xn> My GUI (icewm) works, but browsing the web creates enormous eye-str=
ain
Xn> from the high-resolution letters.
Xn> My hardware is a Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop with an nVidia Card. It
Xn> comes with SATA CD's, so I have to install with FreeBSD 7-RC1.
Xn> I started by running "xorg -configure", and used the xorg.conf that=
it
Xn> generated. I looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and it had many entries
Xn> from probing my hardware. It appears there is some kind of dynamic
Xn> configuration going on, but I know its using the xorg.conf, because=
it
Xn> got an error when I changed the adapter entry from "nv" to "vga".
Xn> I actually had a similar problem on Ubuntu, and they had some
Xn> "xorg-reconfigure" program that would let you use less than maximum
Xn> values. I was wondering if FreeBSD had something similar.
Xn> The "DefaultDepth 24" and "Modes "1024x786"" entries are from the
Xn> online FreeBSD Handbook, I believe I followed the Handbook
Xn> instructions properly.
Xn> Am I missing something obvious? From using Linux, I was expecting =
the
Xn> "Modes" values to work.
"TargetRefresh", and "PreferredMode" options, available in recent Xorg
releases (probably since 7.2), you'll require. I'm using
"TargetRefresh" (75 Hz) on my Intel 945G graphics to set my monitor to
display 1440x900 rather than 1280x1024. And this same configuration is
working fine for both FreeBSD 7.0-BETA4 (amd64), and Ubuntu 7.10 (amd64).
HTH
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