From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 17:07:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D4A31065684 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:07:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@freebsd.org) Received: from av-tac-rtp.cisco.com (hen.cisco.com [64.102.19.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0EBD8FC16 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:07:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@freebsd.org) X-TACSUNS: Virus Scanned Received: from rooster.cisco.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by av-tac-rtp.cisco.com (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id m76H7QW23000; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:07:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [64.102.220.171] (dhcp-64-102-220-171.cisco.com [64.102.220.171]) by rooster.cisco.com (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id m76H7Qm00269; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:07:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4899DA50.4050400@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:07:28 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke Organization: FreeBSD, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jordan Evans References: <5b9f112b0808060933m10a6403fta504327218c8401c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5b9f112b0808060933m10a6403fta504327218c8401c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: screen resolution configuraton X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:07:30 -0000 Jordan Evans wrote: > 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 This is a problem with a missing hostname. Make sure you've defined a hostname in /etc/rc.conf, then reboot. > > 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. I found http://freegnu.blogspot.com/2008/05/ubuntu-or-kubuntu-on-ibm-thinkpad-t21.html which had a sample xorg.conf for the T22. Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome