Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:33:09 -0500 From: "Jordan Evans" <mindwalkernine@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: screen resolution configuraton Message-ID: <5b9f112b0808060933m10a6403fta504327218c8401c@mail.gmail.com>
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I like to test out new Linux distros. I bought the Linux Identity Kit, FreeBSD 7.0 magazine and installed FreeBSD with the Gnome desktop manager. My laptop display is 1280 x 1024, but gnome is displaying a larger resolution. I've tried set the screen resolution using System->Preferences->Screen Resolution, but no resolutions show up in the pop-up menu. I also recieve an error at that point. Error: An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information for gnome-display-properties. Some of your configuration settings may not work properly. Error Details: Bad key or directory name: "/desktop/gnome/screen//0/resolution": Can't have two slashes (/) in a row As a second option to attempt to fix this problem I used xorgconfig, but my model is not listed. I used defaults for the model. I heard LCD don't have refresh rates, nor is it listed in the online specs for my laptop, so I just gave it the widest range. I was unable to generate a xorg.conf file that didn't cause safe mode to start up at boot. I don't know what else to try. My computer is a IBM T-22 with a TFT Active Matrix display, 24 bit. I tried getting more info on my display with dmesg(8), but I didn't see anything usefull.
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