Re: Screen Resolution

From: Hervé Kergourlay (herve.kergourlay_at_atempo.com)
Date: 05/30/05

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    Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 08:30:44 +0200
To: "Que, Wei-Feng" <weifeng.que@citigroup.com>

    xorgconfig

    I launch this tools but I 'm not sure of the screen resolution details,
    vertical refresh rate, horizontal sync rate, ...
    I fill the answers with standard values

    but at the end, no xorg.conf file is written on the disk in /etc/X11 ?

    hervé

    Que, Wei-Feng a écrit :

    >Why not use "xorgconfig" (if you installed xorg) or
    > "XF86Config (if you installed XFree86)
    >to configure the screen resolution
    >
    >It can be set in the section:
    >
    > 400 Section "Screen"
    > 401 Identifier "Screen 1"
    > 402 Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
    > 403 Monitor "My Monitor"
    > 404 DefaultDepth 24
    > 405
    > 406 Subsection "Display"
    > 407 Depth 8
    > 408 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    > 409 ViewPort 0 0
    > 410 EndSubsection
    > 411 Subsection "Display"
    > 412 Depth 16
    > 413 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    > 414 ViewPort 0 0
    > 415 EndSubsection
    > 416 Subsection "Display"
    > 417 Depth 24
    > 418 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    > 419 ViewPort 0 0
    > 420 EndSubsection
    > 421 EndSection
    >
    >Just remind the line 418..
    >Modes the first value :"1024x768" will set the screen resolution
    >and you can press the Ctrl + Alt + "+" and Ctrl + Alt + "-" to switch the screen resolution
    >between this three value 1024x768/800x600/640x480.
    >
    >Best Regards
    >--Weifeng Que
    >RC +
    >Tel : 0086-21-38954626 ext 3725
    >Mail: weifeng dot que at citigroup dot com
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
    >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Maslan
    >>Sent: 2005年5月25日 12:31
    >>To: Max Laier
    >>Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Herv¨¦ Kergourlay
    >>Subject: Re: Screen Resolution
    >>
    >>
    >>i think freebsd 5.3 is using Xfree86 not Xorg
    >>while 5.4 uses XOrg, but i cann't remember
    >>
    >>
    >>On 5/24/05, Max Laier <max@love2party.net> wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>On Tuesday 24 May 2005 15:16, Hervé Kergourlay wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>Just one simple question on the screen resolution on FreeBSD 5.3
    >>>>
    >>>>I change the xinitrc to launch gnome-wm and gnome-panel
    >>>>
    >>>>but I can't change the resolution in the Desktop
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>Preferences / Screen
    >>
    >>
    >>>>Resolution tool
    >>>>only 640*480 is listed which is very small
    >>>>
    >>>>I can't change to 800*600 ?
    >>>>
    >>>>any idea ?
    >>>>
    >>>>hervé
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>freebsd-hackers@ is not the right place for this kind of
    >>>
    >>>
    >>question, please take
    >>
    >>
    >>>it to freebsd-questions@ or maybe freebsd-x11@
    >>>
    >>>--
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    >>--
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    >>So Even If U Need Portability U've To Use Assembly ;-)
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