Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 22:58:08 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: kline@thought.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about my new Dell 3010 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1212082253390.1920@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <50c403ad.QBBnhaZW34q9IIeK%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20121209002330.GA8528@ethic.thought.org> <50c403ad.QBBnhaZW34q9IIeK%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2012, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > >> one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my >> Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's >> something like 1280x1014 ... > > Probably 1280x1024 -- a common size before widescreen. > The largest commonly seen back then was 1600x1200. > >> ... whereas my widescreen Dell needs 1920x1280 or close to that. > > Probably 1920x1200. > >> do I need to go out and find a videocard? or is there a way of >> taking my 6GB of RAM and giving it to the video? > > Dunno about currently-supported versions, nor your particular > display hardware, but 1920x1200 works for me on an ancient Dell > Optiplex GX1 with ATI Mach64 under 6.1. Maybe something in the > (attached) conf and/or log will help. Core i5 has new Intel graphics, which needs 9.1 or 9-stable for the KMS support, a couple of entries in make.conf, and the newer xorg. http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=187947&postcount=3 If you don't do that, xorg will use the vesa driver, which supports only a few common resolutions, usually not widescreen ones.
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