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Subject: Re: a problem setting screen resolution with Xorg-6.9.0
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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
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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