From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 22:25:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5DEC16A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:25:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 190FA43D4C for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:25:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j16MP0Wl009721; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:25:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j16MP25s085443; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:25:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j16MP1IN085442; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:25:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:25:01 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Dejan Lesjak Message-ID: <20050206222501.GA85407@thought.org> References: <200502060642.23983.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200502060642.23983.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: Gary Kline cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to configure Xorg to run at 1280x1024 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 22:25:07 -0000 On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 06:42:23AM +0100, Dejan Lesjak wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > > People, > > > > One of my larger servers has 5.3 and Xorg; I can't find the > > right configuration setting for the display; so it runs at > > its maximum: 1600x1200. This would be fine except that the > > apps shake with tiny wavy lines. The driver may be pushing > > things to their limit. > > > > I've tried X -configure and Xorg -conf. Somehow or other > > I've generated an xorg.conf in /etc/X11, but no luck in > > changing the resolution. The closest I've come to having > > things work with xorg.conf and startx is to see a blank/grey > > screen--at 1600x1200. I have ctwm set up in /root and > > /home/kline. > > > > Modifying the Screen Section messes things up for some > > reason. I finally *do* have xorg working with /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > but only with the following commented: > > Try putting something like this: > Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" > in Section "Monitor". I'll try the Option; thanks. > What do you mean by "messes things up" with the modified Screen Section? Do > you get errors? Do note that you can't have more than one Screen section with > same Identifier string. > > IIRC, when I tried xdm with that (commented) Screen Section, I would get to thr grey screen; things hung for several seconds, then xdm would try again. (Guessing). The screen would go black, then light up again with the grey stippled bg. Infinite loop. (??) gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix