Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 21:42:04 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <griffin@gnix.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change Fluxbox resolution? Message-ID: <20110525204204.GA1242@think.gnix.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110525204653.a2b5a05f.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BANLkTinEbbgvJeHwM%2BoH-rqUtTrTvniBxQ@mail.gmail.com> <4D6348DC01146BEF@> <20110525204653.a2b5a05f.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 08:46:53PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2011 20:21:58 +0200, Eduardo Morras <nec556@retena.com> wrote: > > I added this line to my fluxbox start file before the 'fluxbox &' line > > > > 'xrandr -s 1152x864 &' > > > > You can add it in startx script or .xinitrc at your home too, but i > > haven't tried this way, but should work. > > I would assume it to work; because X.org (unlike XFree86) > can't get my 21" CRT to run at 1400x1050, I have to start > X per xorg.conf with mode 1152x864 and then do > > xrandr --fb 1400x1050 > xrandr --size 1400x1050 > > per ~/.xinitrc. See "man xrandr" for details. Very handy tip!. I had been using FreeBSD on a vmware installation and I couldn't get it bigger than 800x600. vmware has something called Unity which I believe provides some functionality to change the screen size and requires vmware-tools but even though I installed them as per the manual I received errors when starting it (not relating to Unity). It also requires suitable hardware. Overall it was a poor experience. I'd be interested to know of the xrandr entry in ~/.xinitrc works though. jamie
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