Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:29:42 -0400 From: Ralph Ellis <ralphellis1@netscape.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a problem setting screen resolution with Xorg-6.9.0 Message-ID: <200608212229.42654.ralphellis1@netscape.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060822010747.GA96769@advent.local.domain> References: <20060820171052.BTA30773@ms1.nss.udel.edu> <20060822010747.GA96769@advent.local.domain>
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On Monday 21 August 2006 9:07 pm, Kurt Wall wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 05:10:52PM -0400, carl@UDel.Edu wrote: > > Fellow FreeBSDers, > > [snippety-whack] > > > icons are difficult to see. I am obviously setting something wrong, > > but I do not know what it is. Might anyone have any suggestions. > > I really would rather have the resolution be 1280x1024. Thanks for > > your help! > > [snippage > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Card0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > Add > DefaultDepth 24 > > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1280x1024" > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" What type of screen is it? What is your video card? Is this a laptop? This can probably be adjusted since even my laptop can take 1280x800. Try running xorgcfg -textmode to adjust settings for an xorg.config file. Ralph Ellis
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