On Friday, 12 July 2002 at 11:11:43 -0700, Jason Barnes wrote:
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> Hi! I am running FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE and am just biting the
> bullet to upgrade to XFree86 4.2 for purposes of KDE3. Everything is
> working -- except that I can't seem to get the screen to go into any mode
> but 640x480 (a
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote Warren Block thusly...
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> On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Jason Barnes wrote:
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> > All of the files are in /etc/X11 -- I thought this was an
> > XFree86-4 innovation, not one from FreeBSD 4.x.
>
> I thought with 4.2, XF86Config had to be in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/.
Aha! The problem was my lack of monitor refresh rates, I guess
the autoconfigure failed to detect them. When I added the lines:
HorizSync30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
to the "Monitor" section all was well. Thank you all for your help!
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Jason Barnes wrote:
> All of the files are in /etc/X11 -- I thought this was an
> XFree86-4 innovation, not one from FreeBSD 4.x.
I thought with 4.2, XF86Config had to be in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/. At
least mine is...
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
To Un
> Also, where are you copying the newly created XF86Config files? FreeBSD
> used to let me copy them to a number of locations, but
> the current version works only if I copy it to /etc/X11 (don't know if the
> case is the same with the others too).
All of the files are in /etc/X11 -- I
> Not too sure, but try this:
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> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor"Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> DefaultModes"1024x768" <--- Added this
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: XFree86 4.2 screen resolutions
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> Hi! I am running FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE and am just biting the
> bullet to upgrade to XFree86 4.2 for purposes of KDE3. Everything is
> working -- except that I can't seem to get the screen to go
&
t just means that
you have decided to see beyond the imperfections" -- Rash
> -Original Message-
> From: Jason Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 1:12 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: XFree86 4.2 screen resolutions
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Hi! I am running FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE and am just biting the
bullet to upgrade to XFree86 4.2 for purposes of KDE3. Everything is
working -- except that I can't seem to get the screen to go into any mode
but 640x480 (any color depth). I want to get to 1024x768 (24bit), and I
know this s
