From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 25 20:42:06 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 97CB0106566C for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 20:42:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from griffin@gnix.co.uk) Received: from think.gnix.co.uk (griffin.gnix.co.uk [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D90D8FC0C for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 20:42:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from think.gnix.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by think.gnix.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4PKg4S7001287 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 21:42:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from griffin@gnix.co.uk) Received: (from jpg@localhost) by think.gnix.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p4PKg4pQ001286 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 May 2011 21:42:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from griffin@gnix.co.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: think.gnix.co.uk: jpg set sender to griffin@gnix.co.uk using -f Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 21:42:04 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110525204204.GA1242@think.gnix.co.uk> References: <4D6348DC01146BEF@> <20110525204653.a2b5a05f.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110525204653.a2b5a05f.freebsd@edvax.de> X-PGP-Key: http://gnix.co.uk/jpg-pubkey.asc X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: How to change Fluxbox resolution? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:42:06 -0000 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 08:46:53PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2011 20:21:58 +0200, Eduardo Morras 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