Screen Resolution

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 ?

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Hi, what X do you run? Did you configure X for a higher resolution? Erich 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 / S

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/ Screen Resolution tool which show me a low 640*480 resolution Is there any other things to do to get more resolution hervé Erich 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&#

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Hi, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: Erich Dollansky a écrit : I install FreeBSD 5.3 with the standard option, the X process in /usr/X11R6/bin/X is running So, it should be X.Org. I run startx to start the X server edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf There should be a section 'Screen'. In there are subsect

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Erich Dollansky a écrit : Hi, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: Erich Dollansky a écrit : I install FreeBSD 5.3 with the standard option, the X process in /usr/X11R6/bin/X is running So, it should be X.Org. I run startx to start the X server edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf I don't have any xorg.conf

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Hi, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: Erich Dollansky a écrit : edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf I don't have any xorg.conf in /etc/X11 ? the directory /etc/X11 is empty pkg_info give me : xorg-6.7.0_1 It looks like that you did not configure your X server. Check the handbook how to do it. It is to lengthl

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thanks for the doc It seems that in FreeBSD 5.3, Xorg is installed as default but there is no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 I deinstall and reinstall Xorg manually but there is no more xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 so I can't modify the screen resolution else when I run xorg -configure, I

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Hi, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: thanks for the doc It seems that in FreeBSD 5.3, Xorg is installed as default but there is no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 This is normal. I deinstall and reinstall Xorg manually but there is no more xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 so I can't modify the s

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can't modify the screen resolution You should not deinstall and reinstall as this will not change anything. it's better to use XFree ? You will face the same problem there. Just run the configuraton file as stated: I read the following line in the chapter 5.4.2 Configuring

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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 &

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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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 24 May 2005 15:16, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: > > Just one simple question on the screen resolution on FreeBSD 5.3 > > &

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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 &

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Hi, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: 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 Do not do this. You must have the details for you monitor. Especially if it is a CR

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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 no

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Erich Dollansky a écrit : Hi, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: 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 Do not do this. You must have the details for you mo

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Hi, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: Erich Dollansky a écrit : Hervé Kergourlay wrote: It has to be there. bad luck for me I don't know if it's important but I'm in a vmware configuration for FreeBSD, vmware supply a tools kit but the tools is not available specifically for FreeBSD 5.3 or 5.4, an

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On Monday, May 30, 2005 8:18 AM, Erich Dollansky <> unleashed the infinite monkeys and produced: > Someone at the list might even have the right one to start with for you > if you tell us the graphic card and the monitor you are using. If it's inside VMWare then the "graphics card" is the VMWare

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Rob MacGregor a écrit : On Monday, May 30, 2005 8:18 AM, Erich Dollansky <> unleashed the infinite monkeys and produced: Someone at the list might even have the right one to start with for you if you tell us the graphic card and the monitor you are using. If it's inside VMWare then t

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On Mon, 2005-May-30 10:30:30 +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote: >Looking at VMWare's list of supported client OSs, FreeBSD 5 is only > supported in the recently released VMWare 5. I've run FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x and 6.x as VMware 4.5.2 clients without problems. -- Peter Jeremy ___

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On Monday, May 30, 2005 7:58 PM, Peter Jeremy unleashed the infinite monkeys and produced: > On Mon, 2005-May-30 10:30:30 +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote: >> Looking at VMWare's list of supported client OSs, FreeBSD 5 is only >> supported in the recently released VMWare 5. >

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Rob MacGregor a écrit : On Monday, May 30, 2005 7:58 PM, Peter Jeremy unleashed the infinite monkeys and produced: On Mon, 2005-May-30 10:30:30 +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote: Looking at VMWare's list of supported client OSs, FreeBSD 5 is only supported in the r

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On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 07:00:58AM +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote: > So have I (in fact that's how I started using FreeBSD 5.0). However the > drivers > required for their emulated graphics card are only supplied for FreeBSD 4.x > with > VMWare 4.5. Doesn't the vmware driver shipped with Xorg work?

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So have I (in fact that's how I started using FreeBSD 5.0). However the drivers required for their emulated graphics card are only supplied for FreeBSD 4.x with VMWare 4.5. You can use graphic driver modules (${X11}/lib/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.o) that is bundled with recent Xorg/XFree86, an

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Joerg Sonnenberger a écrit : On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 07:00:58AM +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote: So have I (in fact that's how I started using FreeBSD 5.0). However the drivers required for their emulated graphics card are only supplied for FreeBSD 4.x with VMWare 4.5. Doesn't the vmware

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show error log On 5/31/05, Joerg Sonnenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 07:00:58AM +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote: > > So have I (in fact that's how I started using FreeBSD 5.0). However the > > drivers > > required for their emulated graphics card are only supplied for Fr

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On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:56:37AM +0200, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: > Joerg Sonnenberger a écrit : > >Doesn't the vmware driver shipped with Xorg work? > > only in 640*480 which is very small (a) check monitor config (it must support something above 640x480 after all) (b) try switching the video mod

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Makoto Matsushita a écrit : So have I (in fact that's how I started using FreeBSD 5.0). However the drivers required for their emulated graphics card are only supplied for FreeBSD 4.x with VMWare 4.5. You can use graphic driver modules (${X11}/lib/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.o) that is bun

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in vmware when you press the + the mouse cursor will release from the vm, I can't change the screen resolution in this way. can I setting the short-cut key in the vmware ? 2005/5/31, Joerg Sonnenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:56:37AM +0200, Hervé Ke

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Joerg Sonnenberger a écrit : On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:56:37AM +0200, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: Joerg Sonnenberger a écrit : Doesn't the vmware driver shipped with Xorg work? only in 640*480 which is very small (a) check monitor config (it must support something above 640

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rusel a écrit : show error log there is no erreor log, I've a display in 640*480 I just can't increase the resolution :-) hervé On 5/31/05, Joerg Sonnenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 07:00:58AM +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote: So have I (in fact that's how

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On Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> unleashed the infinite monkeys and produced: > in vmware when you press the + the mouse cursor will > release from the vm, I can't change the screen resolution in this way. > can I setting the short-cut key in the vmware

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> > release from the vm, I can't change the screen resolution in this way. > > can I setting the short-cut key in the vmware ? > > Yes. Off the top of my head I don't remember it, but it's fairly easy to find > the me

Re: Screen Resolution

On May 29, 2005, at 11:42 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Hervé Kergourlay wrote: 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 Do not do this. You must hav