Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:56:24 -0500 From: "Ne'Bahn" <ne.bahn@gmail.com> To: "Christian Walther" <cptsalek@gmail.com> Subject: Need help with Gnome and Video card Message-ID: <000e01c7091d$13eb7c90$1bd3dcc9@bloodlust> References: <000e01c708d5$808c67d0$92d3dcc9@bloodlust> <14989d6e0611150858i57e5c8ceicd5fcb0a7f85c7f1@mail.gmail.com>
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my conf looks like: HorizSync 31.5, 35.15, 35.5 VertRefresh 50-70 Section "Device" Identifier "Standard VGA" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" .... Driver "vga" Section "Screen" ... DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" ViewPort 0 0 ... So I have the same trouble, very low resolution (BIG characters), and about 4 colors depth (black, white, pink, cyan or some kind similar), like the old ones EGA... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Walther" To: "Ne'Bahn" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help... > Hi Ne'Bahn, > > it is possible that there is something wrong with your hardware > configuration, but I guess that your X configuration contains the > wrong sort order of display resolutions. > If you look at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf you'll find a Section > "screen" somewhere. This is were the resolutions are configured your > laptop (and desktop) is capable to display. > > Important for your situation are the Subsection "Display" lines, which > look like this: > > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > > Now, in your case I guess that the line listing all the modes starts > with the lowest resolution possible. Just change the order, so that > the highest resolution is at the beginning, and you should be fine. > > Restart X after you edited the file, and you should have a resolution > that suites your needs. You might want to look at the parameter > "DefaultDepth", too. If it is set to 8 (8 bit = 256 colors) you might > want to set it to an higher "Depth" value.
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