[Fwd: Only 640x480 Resolution Available After Upgrade]

Bob Perry rperry at gti.net
Thu Feb 23 21:18:50 PST 2006


Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:31:26 -0500
>> From: Bob Perry <rperry at gti.net>
>> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
>>
>> This message was run in another mailing list with no resolution. 
>> Thought I'd try it in the gnome list.
>>
>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> Thnx,
>> Bob
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Only 640x480 Resolution Available After Upgrade
>> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:33:09 -0500
>> From: Bob Perry <rperry at gti.net>
>> To: freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org
>>
>> I'm running FreeBSD RELEASE 5.4 and recently upgraded my xorg port.  Ran
>> into several problems since then, one of which included loss of
>> available screen resolution modes.  Prior to the upgrade, I ran at
>> 1024x768.  Following the upgrade, 640x480 is the only mode available.  I
>> had a bad day with the upgrade so I assume I did something wrong/stupid.
>>
>> Regardless, my xorg.conf file reflects the following:
>> 	Section "Screen"
>> 		Identifier	"Screen0"
>> 		Device		"Card0"
>> 		Monitor		"Monitor0"
>> 		DefaultDepth		24
>> 		Subsection	"Display"
>> 			Viewport	0 0
>> 			Depth		24
>> 			Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>> 		EndSubSection
>> 	EndSection
>>
>> I don't believe the file changed and question where else can I look to
>> troubleshoot the problem?
> 
> There are lots of things that can effect this. Monitor definition is most
> significant. The first thing to look at is your /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> file. It's long and lots of it is not relevant, but it contains a rather
> long section detailing the selection of the display resolution and the
> monitor and card capability.
> 
> I quick thing to try is to rename your configuration and starting
> Xorg. It will generate its configuration by probing the system and
> usually does quite well.
I'll try that.  This problem occurred just after a portupgrade so I 
thought it might be a problem with the xorg upgrade.

thnx much,
Bob


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