Screen resolution on FreeBSD 7.0
From: Nishita Desai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:26 PM Subject: Screen resolution on FreeBSD 7.0 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Screen resolution on FreeBSD 7.0
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > 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. Thanks for your reply. Adding "DefaultDepth 24" did not help. And xrandr also shows only one mode "1024x768". I tried reading the xrandr manual but did not quite understand how to add a "1280x800" mode. Also i810 is also what Ubuntu is using to give the the correct resolution. But in case I do need to install another intel driver from the ports, can you tell me how to do that? Thanks, Nishita > > 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 > > [...] > > > > 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" > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Screen resolution on FreeBSD 7.0
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:59 AM, " शंतनु महाजन (Shantanoo Mahajan) " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://dhoomketu.net.in/node/6 Thank you all for helping. Right now, I have the resolution fixed with 915resolution (http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/) I will consider installing the Intel drivers some other time. Thanks again, Nishita. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Xfce with graphical login
Hello, I just installed Xfce4.4 on FreeBSD 7.0. I have been trying to get it to directly give me a graphical login. The Xfce manual says this can be done using gdm. According to it, I need to copy the example file "xfce44.desktop" into /usr/X11R6/share/xsessions. The example file is supposed to be located in /usr/local/share/examples (since Xfce is installed in /usr/local.) But there is no such file. 1. Is there any other location this file could be? (`locate` cannot find it.) 2. Can I download it from somewhere? Googling did not give anything. 3. Will anyone be kind enough to send me a copy by email? It is strange why the file's not there. Xfce was installed using pkg_add (the port was giving some error in compilation which I could not solve) and is working nicely without any obvious problems. Thanks, Nishita. -- http://nishita.50webs.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Xfce with graphical login
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Fraser Tweedale wrote: > As an Xfce user, I've always found gdm to be more trouble than > it's worth. Have you had a look at /usr/ports/x11/slim - it's > a nice, lightweight graphical login manager. On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > This is the quick way to add XFCE to your "sessions" menu in > GDM: > [...] > Reboot, and when the GDM login screen appears, you will be able > to select XFCE4 from the Sessions menu. Thank you both of you for your help. I've installed Slim and it works great. Thanks again, Nishita. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
X on Intel GM965 chipset
Hello, I just installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a Dell Vostro 1200. It has Intel's GM965 chipset and I cannot get X to work at the right resolution of 1280x800. I updated and reinstalled the x11-drivers/x11-video-i810 and x11-drivers/x11-intel ports. But X still dies whenever I tell it to use "i810" driver. I am using vesa which gives me 1024x786. The following two places suggest that FreeBSD 7.0 supports GM965 chipsets: [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2007-July/080677.html [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA What should I do to get the proper drivers and get X working? Thanks, Nishita -- http://nishita.50webs.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: X on Intel GM965 chipset
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Nishita Desai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I updated and reinstalled the x11-drivers/x11-video-i810 and > x11-drivers/x11-intel ports. Sorry, that should be xf86-video-i810 and xf86-video-intel. Regards, Nishita ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: X on Intel GM965 chipset
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Dominic Fandrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You only need xf86-video-intel and enter "intel" as the Driver in your > xorg.conf. I'm running a GM965 at 1440x900 this way. > > I even think that x11-video-i810 and xf86-video-intel conflict. So best > deinstall both and only install xf86-video-intel afterwards. I cannot pkg_delete nor pkg_deinstall xf86-video-i810. Here's the error: -- pkg_delete: package 'xf86-video-i810-1.7.4' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: xorg-7.3_1 -- And yes, they _do_ conflict. I am unable to install xf86-video-intel. reg., Nishita -- http://nishita.50webs.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: X on Intel GM965 chipset
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > deinstall > > xorg > xorg-drivers (both are meta-packages) > > cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers > make config > > select drivers you need > > then make install clean Thank you all. That seems to have done it. reg., Nishita ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Very slow xfce
Hello, I am having a very strange problem. I just finished installing Xfce-4.4 and got it to work with XDM. But all xfce native applications are behaving very strangely: 1. The terminal doesn't echo back my characters till I've typed the next character. This is applicable to backspace key and password prompts (which wont show up till _after_ if finished typing and pressed enter) 2. The menus dont render properly. Again, I can see the the items only when I hover over them. xterm works fine, so do menus within Firefox. Although my cursor disappears in Firefox's text-boxes sometimes. I have just installed exactly this combination on another system and it works fine. I am quite at a loss where to even start looking. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Nishita ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Very slow xfce
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is Xfce just too much for the system? It ran nicely here a while back on > a 900mhz machine - but was noticeably slower than fvwm, so I ditched it > :-) It's a brand-new laptop, so I don't think it's got to do with memory or processor speed. Top doesn't show anything. Maximum cpu usage percentage is within single digits and so is the memory usage. > Have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log - any interesting error messages? Nothing I can spot. > > What does your .xinitrc look like? It has only one line: /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 reg, Nishita -- http://nishita.50webs.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Very slow xfce
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log - any interesting error messages? > "Nishita Desai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Nothing I can spot. Okay, I didn't see this earlier. [drm] failed to load kernel module "i915" (EE) [drm] drmOpen failed. (EE) intel(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. I have dri-7.0.3_1,2 installed xdriinfo gives # xdriinfo Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Error: Couldn't open display -- reg., Nishita -- http://nishita.50webs.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
