[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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