Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 06:04:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Steve Fettig <lists@stevenfettig.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console Display Size and X 4.2 Problems on Thinkpad 770ED Message-ID: <20020618060143.W61592-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <3D0EADF4.3090302@stevenfettig.com>
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Steve Fettig wrote: > I am working on reviving an old machine that has been my workhorse for > years and just installed FreeBSD 4.6-Release onto it and am having two > problems. > The regular, non-x, screen is 640x480 in the middle of a 14" screen and > I can't figure out how to get it to "stretch" like it normally would on > a monitor to fill up the whole screen... Any mini- how-do-ya' do it > guides for this? (Yes, I've checked the bios, etc. and there doesn't > seem to be anything in there allowing me to change this...) Did you have a look at # vidcontrol and its man ? Perhaps your graphics card is broken. Try a different one. Regards, Uli. > The other problem is with Xfree86 4.2. I can get things installed and > semi-configured, but whenever WindowMaker comes up, it is in 8 color > mode. I am befuddled as to what I am doing wrong and perhaps staring at > this for 6 hrs has drained my ability to think intelligently. I have > included my XF86Config at the end of this message. I have also looked > through all I can find as far as howto's for freebsd and linux, but > nothing is helping me. > > Any help (besides RTFM at this point) would be greatly appreciated. > Steve > > > > <--Begin XF86Config--> > # File generated by xf86config. > > # > # Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. > # > # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a > # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), > # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation > # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, > # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the > # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: > # > # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in > # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > # > # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR > # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, > # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL > # THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, > # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF > # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE > # SOFTWARE. > # > # Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall > # not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other > # dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the > # XFree86 Project. > # > > # ********************************************************************** > # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of > # this file. > # ********************************************************************** > > # ********************************************************************** > # Module section -- this section is used to specify > # which dynamically loadable modules to load. > # ********************************************************************** > # > Section "Module" > > # This loads the DBE extension module. > > Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension > > # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables > # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. > SubSection "extmod" > Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension > EndSubSection > > # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules > Load "type1" > Load "freetype" > > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "Files" > > # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > # no need to change the default. > > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together), > # as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath > # command (or a combination of both methods) > # > # If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other > # programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory > # to the end of this list (or comment them out). > # > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > > # The module search path. The default path is shown here. > > # ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # Server flags section. > # ********************************************************************** > > # none > > # ********************************************************************** > # Input devices > # ********************************************************************** > > # ********************************************************************** > # Core keyboard's InputDevice section > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Keyboard1" > Driver "Keyboard" > # For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard"). > # When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris), > # uncomment the following line. > > Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc101" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Core Pointer's InputDevice section > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "InputDevice" > > # Identifier and driver > > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Monitor section > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of monitor sections may be present > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "IBM Thinkpad" > HorizSync 31.5 - 57.0 > VertRefresh 50-90 > > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Graphics device section > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of graphics device sections may be present > # Device configured by xf86config: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Trident Cyber 9397 (generic)" > Driver "trident" > VideoRam 4096 > # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Screen sections > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes > # the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section > # may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen" > # option. > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen 1" > Device "Trident Cyber 9397 (generic)" > Monitor "IBM Thinkpad" > DefaultDepth 16 > > # Subsection "Display" > # Depth 8 > # Modes "1024x768" > # ViewPort 0 0 > # EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > # Subsection "Display" > # Depth 24 > # Modes "640x480" "800x600" > # ViewPort 0 0 > # EndSubsection > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # ServerLayout sections. > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes > # the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout > # section may be specified from the X server command line with the > # "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used. > # When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section > # is used alone. > > Section "ServerLayout" > > # The Identifier line must be present > Identifier "Simple Layout" > > # Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally > # the relative position of other screens. The four names after > # primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right > # of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the > # right of screen 1. > > Screen "Screen 1" > > # Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and > # optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be > # used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and > # "SendCoreEvents". > > InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" > > EndSection > > <--End XF86Config--> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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