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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:59:38 -0500 (EST)
From:      Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>
To:        gregm@netidea.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X11 monitor resolution
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903302254460.52630-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net>
In-Reply-To: <199903310141.RAA25365@everest.netidea.com>

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this is the area in my XF86Config:
Section "Monitor"
   Identifier      "Primary Monitor"
   VendorName      "Unknown"
   ModelName       "Unknown"
   HorizSync       30-86
   VertRefresh     50-130
   Modeline  "1600x1200" 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
+hsync +vsync
   Modeline  "1024x768"  98.9  1024 1056 1216 1408   768 782 788 822
-HSync -VSync
   Modeline  "800x600"   69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640 -hsync
-vsync
   Modeline  "640x480"   45.8   640  672  768  864   480  488  494  530
-HSync -VSync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "Diamond Viper 330"
    Monitor     "Primary Monitor"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
	Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection


the 1600x1200 is the default.  You can use Ctrl+Alt+Keypad+ or Keypad- to
swich to the alternatives. 

Make sure you have apropriate entries in the Monitor section for the
resolutions.

Try running XF86Setup or xf86Config to setup this stuff pretty much
automatically

I recommend doing some more reading on the subject, because it's beyond
the scope of what I feel like teaching.

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<patseal@hyperhost.net>             |   really crappy operating systems."
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On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 gregm@netidea.com wrote:

> Thankyou Patrick ... I may just be blind but I haven't seen what I'm 
> looking for in XF86Config. I've got my monitor configured but would 
> like to choose a resolution other then the 640x480 that I'm 
> defaulting to. If that is found in XF86Config I'm not recognising it ... 
> any farther hints (I'm using 2.2.6 - release at te moment if that is 
> significant).
> Thanks,
> Greg.
> gregm@netidea.con
> 
> > man XF86Config
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------ _____________________________________
> > Patrick Seal                        |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make
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> > Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds
> > hosting and Design
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> > http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 gregm@netidea.com wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm been trying to find unsuccessfully how to choose the moniter 
> > > resolution for xwindows. I not finding any info on it. Could someone 
> > > point me in the right direction?
> > > 
> > > Thank and regards,
> > > Greg Martin.
> > > gregm@netidea.com
> > > 
> > > 
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