Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:00:30 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> To: nishita@mri.ernet.in, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen resolution on FreeBSD 7.0 Message-ID: <47FD124E.2050301@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <c8170b650804091105n38132ce4r1e6794e6175454a2@mail.gmail.com> References: <c8170b650804090956r2b14aa54v506c8371e8ab2115@mail.gmail.com> <c8170b650804091105n38132ce4r1e6794e6175454a2@mail.gmail.com>
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Nishita Desai wrote: > From: Nishita Desai <nishita@mri.ernet.in> > Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:26 PM > Subject: Screen resolution on FreeBSD 7.0 > To: freebsd-question@freebsd.org > > > You are missing line DefaultDepth 24. Remove i810 and install Intel driver from ports instead. Adjust xorg.conf accordingly. You my want to use xrandr to experiment with different modes dynamically. Cheers, Predrag > Hello, > > I just installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a Dell Inspirion 640m notebook and am > trying to get the screen resolution right. I need a 1280x800 > wide-screen resolution and according to the Handbook, I should be able > to do that by modifying the xorg.conf. I also have Ubuntu running a > nice resolution on the other partition (slice) so I used the "Screen" > section of it's xorg.conf to make the changes > > Here is the xorg.conf file: > > ------ > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "X.org Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/local/share/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "GLcore" > Load "dbe" > Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "xtrap" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > #DisplaySize 300 190 # mm > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "QDS" > ModelName "47" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "i810" > VendorName "Intel Corporation" > BoardName "Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics > Controller" > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x800" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > ---- > > > I also found this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 45.71-50.53 kHz > (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh value of 60.00 Hz > (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1280x800" (no mode of this name) > (--) I810(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024) > (**) I810(0): Built-in mode "1024x768" > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > Nishita. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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