On Friday 12 June 2009 05:42:52 Carmel wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:40:49 +0200 > > Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote: > >On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:27:54 -0400, Carmel <carmel...@hotmail.com> > > > >wrote: > >> I tried a trick I found while Googling to place 'xrandr - 1024x768 -r > >> 85' in the '.xinitrc' file; however, that did not work either. > > > >Maybe your .xinitrc isn't executed? In mine, I have > > > > xrandr --fb 1400x1050 > > xrandr --size 1400x1050 > > > >to override non-functioning X autodetect and non-working xorg.conf > >settings. > > > >> Obviously I am doing something wrong here. Should I post this on the > >> XFCE forum or does someone here have a solution. > > > >Do you have the same problems with other WM / DE? > > Evidently, it is not being executed by startxfce4. If I run the command > once XFCE4 is started, it works.
If you're using a display manager to startup the desktop rather then 'startx' after console login, you need .xsession, not .xinitrc. However, you say you execute startxfce4. When/where do you execute it? This program is meant to be the last command in one of the above mentioned files. -- Mel _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"