From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jul 31 02:30:05 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CBF9DC7636 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:30:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [184.105.128.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.he.net", Issuer "Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18110637D3 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:30:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from 99.100.19.101 ([99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:TLSv1.2:Kx=ECDH:Au=RSA:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:30:02 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: David Christensen Subject: FreeBSD 11.1, Xfce, and laptop screen and external monitor resolution Message-ID: Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:30:01 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:30:05 -0000 freebsd-questions: I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with an Intel T7400 CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB SSD, Intel GM945 graphics, a 1280x800 screen, and a fresh install of FreeBSD: [root@tinkywinky ~]# freebsd-version 11.1-RELEASE [root@tinkywinky ~]# uname -a FreeBSD tinkywinky 11.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE #0 r321309: Fri Jul 21 02:08:28 UTC 2017 root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 I have installed xorg. 'startx' seems to work correctly. I have installed xfce and created a machine-id per the installation messages: [root@tinkywinky ~]# dbus-uuidgen --ensure [root@tinkywinky ~]# ls -A /var/lib/dbus/ machine-id When I run 'startxfce4', Xfce starts with a resolution of 1024x768. Applications Menu -> Settings -> Display offers two choices: 1024x768 and 800x600. How do I set the Xfce resolution to 1280x800 when driving the laptop screen? If I connect an external 1920x1080 monitor to the VGA port of the laptop and press the Fn+F8 (CRT/LCD) hot key at the GELI prompt, the video signal is sent to the external monitor (laptop screen goes dark). (I then close the laptop screen.) 'startxfce4' results in Xfce with a resolution of 1600x1200. Display offers choices of 1600x1200, 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480. How do I set the Xfce resolution to 1920x1080 when driving the external monitor? David