Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 15:53:14 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm@ispchannel.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KDE Reconfig or Reinstall? Message-ID: <20000521.15531400@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <3927E246.B68E3E18@ispchannel.com> References: <3927E246.B68E3E18@ispchannel.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 5/21/00, 2:19:02 PM, "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm@ispchannel.com> wrote regarding KDE Reconfig or Reinstall?: > Hi, > I installed KDE during the FBSD install. Since Xfree86 failed twice, I > used Xconfig and was able to finish. The challenge now is that KDE > comes up in low 640 x 480 resolution and Ctrl-Alt-+ does not change the > resolution. Is there a way to increase the resolution and color depth? > If not, should I reconfigure KDE (and if so, how) or would it be better > to uninstall/reinstall KDE (and if so, how). > Mark Dear Mark Hummel, I had a similar problem, ie screen resolution far from being satisfactory in Xfree86-3.3.x The short answer is "yes, you can set what ever resolution your monitor is able to support". Drawback: you have to hack modelines if you want to get that optimum performance. At least, if your monitor's data are NOT contained in some database or other. Instead, if your monitor IS found in some database, you will just copy the modelines into /etc/XF86Config. BTW, my screen "rendering" is just splendid at (!!) 1152x870@83Hz (personally hacked modelines) on my 17" monitor -- a practically **unknown** make and model. There is material on this topic out there, both on the Net and of ... hardcopy nature. As to the latter, AFAIR, Grog's excellent guide (The Complete FreeBSD) includes some stuff about this "magic"; as to the former, there is some tutorial(s) around (for Linux ? Howto ? Mini-howto ?), I can't recall right now **sigh** <ad driver: memory vacuum: unable to retrieve information: resetting device> Good luck, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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