Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 12:40:46 -0500 From: Xavier Freebsd Questio <xavierfreebsdquestio@aim.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: emulate a Xorg configuration of GNU/Linux (Fedora 21) on FreeBSD Message-ID: <8D1F65CB4E03AE5-15D0-B0B5@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <20150104180240.6c6cf30b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <8D1F641A1D2B4CB-15D0-A6C2@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> <20150104153549.70c269ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <8D1F6518B6F7572-15D0-ABA6@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> <20150104180240.6c6cf30b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 06:02:40PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: Hi Polytropon , > On Sun, 4 Jan 2015 11:20:52 -0500, Xavier Freebsd Questio via freebsd-questions wrote: > > I have this keyboard: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ltjj2a2 > > This one? > > http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XJlzFI79lWQ/VFHSMP0KOsI/AAAAAAAAJOc/dVyuwlnbcMs/s1600/ES1_3.jpg > Yes, it is. > > > > Your refer to "Fn" F5 and F6 keys ? > > Correct. > Ok. I too. > > > > I try it and don't get output for > > VGA external connector when I plugin it in HDMI input connector of TV. > > Ah! That could be the problem! > Yes. > HDMI isn't capable of mapping _all_ imaginable DVI (or VGA) > outputs generated by a computer. This usually shows that you > can use a TV as a computer monitor in many cases, but not > in all cases. This might be such a case. A common problem > seems to be that HDMI probably doesn't transmit the DDC > information properly, so the external screen isn't detected > correctly, and therefore all the autodetect magic fails. > > Another problem could be that those keys don't work, or to > be precise: They require a proprietary driver to work, which > means that their function is not "in the laptop", but "in > the vendor-supplied software", which is bad. > Curiously, with many GNU/Linux flavours, for example, Fedora 21; it get out the image of desktop by default settings to HDMI of TV. > > > > My actual /etc/X11/xorg.conf is: > > > > http://pastebin.com/ji5QgvE6 > > The significant parts are: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card1" > Driver "vesa" > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > EndSection > > Maybe you cannot use VESA together with the limited range > of valid HDMI resolutions... > It is default FreeBSD Xorg configuration generator. > > > > Any idea ? > > First, try to load X with the correct driver for the > video "card" in your system. Then you can go ahead and > fine-tune xorg.conf with the _actual_ configuration > data of the TV screen: size (inches or centimeters), > pixels (the _real_ number of them), DPI and so on. > You can define the settings for the mode it supports. > Probably you have to review the technical parameters > in the manual. > > You could use the following sections as templates: > > # snippet from /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Eizo" > ModelName "FlexScan F980" > HorizSync 30.0 - 137.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 > Option "DPMS" "false" > DisplaySize 410 305 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "nVidia Corporation" > BoardName "G73 [GeForce 7600 GS]" > BusID "PCI:2:0:0" > Screen 0 > Option "NvAGP" "3" > Option "UseEdid" "FALSE" > Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE" > Option "DPI" "96 x 96" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Visual "TrueColor" > Modes "1400x1050" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "320x240" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > # end of file snippet The problem is: I have an Intel video card, not NVIDIA ... My question is, if with GNU/Linux it show by default configuration, isn't possible in FreeBSD ? > > You can see some simplification here. > > Please note that this example is from my home computer > which uses a CRT, so there is no "the one" screen size > and no fixed DPI value. :-) > Ok. Ideas ? Thanks.
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