Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:29:36 -0400 From: bdsfbsd@att.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Scott Ballantyne" <sdb@ssr.com> Subject: Re: Widescreen Monitor and X Help please Message-ID: <op.vjfrrlzxhtl4zj@ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20100922081117.1785.qmail@ssr.com> References: <20100922081117.1785.qmail@ssr.com>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:11:17 -0400, Scott Ballantyne <sdb@ssr.com> wrote: [snip] > Unfortunately I've hit a snag with X. I have an LG "Flatron" W2253, a > 5750 graphics card and I have not been able to get them to work with X > at all. > > Following the handbook's instructions: > > Xorg -config xorg.conf.new > > with and without the -retro option just give me a black screen from > which there is no escape. I have to log into the machine from > somewhere else on the network to reboot it. Killing the Xorg process > doesn't help. > So if you return to the tty that you started X from (maybe by Alt-F1) and hit Ctrl-C, that doesn't kill your X session? Reboot seems a bit drastic. > Following the instructions on widescreen monitors, I have extracted a > modeline from the log files: > [snip] > > None of this has helped. If anyone can assist me, I would be very > grateful. > > Thanks a lot, > Scott I struggled with widescreen config for a while until I realized the Tao solution was best - have you tried starting X without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf at all? Brian
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