Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 06:42:23 +0100 From: Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to configure Xorg to run at 1280x1024 Message-ID: <200502060642.23983.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
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Gary Kline wrote: > People, > > One of my larger servers has 5.3 and Xorg; I can't find the > right configuration setting for the display; so it runs at > its maximum: 1600x1200. This would be fine except that the > apps shake with tiny wavy lines. The driver may be pushing > things to their limit. > > I've tried X -configure and Xorg -conf. Somehow or other > I've generated an xorg.conf in /etc/X11, but no luck in > changing the resolution. The closest I've come to having > things work with xorg.conf and startx is to see a blank/grey > screen--at 1600x1200. I have ctwm set up in /root and > /home/kline. > > Modifying the Screen Section messes things up for some > reason. I finally *do* have xorg working with /etc/X11/xorg.conf > but only with the following commented: Try putting something like this: Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" in Section "Monitor". What do you mean by "messes things up" with the modified Screen Section? Do you get errors? Do note that you can't have more than one Screen section with same Identifier string. Dejan
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