From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 13:56:15 2010 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 74EAB106566C for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:56:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdsfbsd@att.net) Received: from smtp127.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (smtp127.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.65.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 568A68FC18 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:56:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 74247 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2010 13:29:35 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=att.net; s=s1024; t=1285162175; bh=IvHDdE3jpk9ZDvlJaPZe4a51MYTNjq0mN0oJWqgjsA4=; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Content-Type:To:Subject:References:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:From:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; b=vpkUZUHtnYuruwoGIv7HK8hhrh96o4da+LNLpXbHBtIPutpLhS7Q9xf3r7SYDVILbgIP3W6gLEvamZe0csZxqh3E1auSR8yODzQA2wY2gEj+NxnmGDMDOuzjPNHdIz+5SWcOarpUKH4puribjq0T1bnnsqvn+uSM9ZV3y5/ErD0= Received: from ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu (bdsfbsd@128.146.175.36 with login) by smtp127.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 2010 06:29:35 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: d5tX3UiswBBe7eAro3WwBCIcMc7tMmv23kUXyA-- X-YMail-OSG: mR9D428VM1mNPqo7x99QYgWELZx1ehh65NXsEvlg_H3zveG jNtarbkcPSWRS1K6JPp2e4d9dE8OHP.g.GOTM78iOcRxidGdaGaHKa4tzZWU CNkpvSSWuqGyvl_sHf9M6Y0AT7t5f3T7yPPAK_e2ClCDIkWLAJcYYoPiUJyX 922LPZ3w1yLvqQh5c8igafpfdgh_Vl4pRLqLbxCT3Pfv7qH5E.3Pc0tV_hlA Y2kuyW7caTRjTpaxcuaoV4RbhWbweHX3SKACgN.BojYWGJqsAPAVIinhx_1A - X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Scott Ballantyne" References: <20100922081117.1785.qmail@ssr.com> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:29:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: bdsfbsd@att.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20100922081117.1785.qmail@ssr.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.62 (Win32) Cc: Subject: Re: Widescreen Monitor and X Help please X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:56:15 -0000 On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:11:17 -0400, Scott Ballantyne wrote: [snip] > Unfortunately I've hit a snag with X. I have an LG "Flatron" W2253, a > 5750 graphics card and I have not been able to get them to work with X > at all. > > Following the handbook's instructions: > > Xorg -config xorg.conf.new > > with and without the -retro option just give me a black screen from > which there is no escape. I have to log into the machine from > somewhere else on the network to reboot it. Killing the Xorg process > doesn't help. > So if you return to the tty that you started X from (maybe by Alt-F1) and hit Ctrl-C, that doesn't kill your X session? Reboot seems a bit drastic. > Following the instructions on widescreen monitors, I have extracted a > modeline from the log files: > [snip] > > None of this has helped. If anyone can assist me, I would be very > grateful. > > Thanks a lot, > Scott I struggled with widescreen config for a while until I realized the Tao solution was best - have you tried starting X without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf at all? Brian