From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 28 23:11:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 6E56616A4DA for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:11:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5D443D46 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:11:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mailspool3.panix.com (mailspool3.panix.com [166.84.1.78]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ECFB9D846; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:11:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-68-58-232-106.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [68.58.232.106]) by mailspool3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29CB9FB01A1; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:11:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GHqGi-0001VQ-00; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:11:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:11:48 -0400 From: stan To: Andy Greenwood Message-ID: <20060828231148.GA5776@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Andy Greenwood , Free BSD Questions list References: <20060828192229.GA29844@teddy.fas.com> <3ee9ca710608281229w38b39d2cmde0f20476dd0b915@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3ee9ca710608281229w38b39d2cmde0f20476dd0b915@mail.gmail.com> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 19:10:27 up 133 days, 20:17, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: Forceig a resolution in xorg server 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: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:11:50 -0000 On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 03:29:41PM -0400, Andy Greenwood wrote: > I haven't used X in a loooong time, but IIRC you should be able to > just remove all the other modes from the .conf file. If there's only > one availilbe mode, X will have to use it :-) Problem is, the generate file doesn't have -any_ modelines, yet it wrks. > > On 8/28/06, stan wrote: > > > >I'm (huridelly) building a new machine to replaced my (just failed) main > >workstation at work. I have Xorg installed, and when I type X it starts up > >OK. KDE, and kdm work also. But, at way too high a resolution. I tried > >doing > >X -configure to generate a config file, but the resultant file contains no > >resolution settings. > > > >How can I force X to run in 1280x1024 x 24 bit color mode? > > > >-- > >Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. > >(Dennis Ritchie) > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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" > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)