Need help with Gnome and Video card

[Ne'Bahn]

my conf looks like:

HorizSync        31.5, 35.15, 35.5
VertRefresh    50-70
Section "Device"
    Identifier            "Standard VGA"
    VendorName    "Unknown"
    BoardName      "Unknown"
....
Driver    "vga"
Section "Screen"
    ...
    DefaultDepth    24
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth            16
        Modes            "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort        0 0
        ...

So I have the same trouble, very low resolution (BIG characters), and about
4 colors depth (black, white, pink, cyan or some kind similar), like the old
ones EGA...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Walther"
To: "Ne'Bahn"
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Need help...


> Hi Ne'Bahn,
>
> it is possible that there is something wrong with your hardware
> configuration, but I guess that your X configuration contains the
> wrong sort order of display resolutions.
> If you look at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf you'll find a Section
> "screen" somewhere. This is were the resolutions are configured your
> laptop (and desktop) is capable to display.
>
> Important for your situation are the Subsection "Display" lines, which
> look like this:
>
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Depth           16
>        Modes           "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
>    EndSubSection
>
> Now, in your case I guess that the line listing all the modes starts
> with the lowest resolution possible. Just change the order, so that
> the highest resolution is at the beginning, and you should be fine.
>
> Restart X after you edited the file, and you should have a resolution
> that suites your needs. You might want to look at the parameter
> "DefaultDepth", too. If it is set to 8 (8 bit = 256 colors) you might
> want to set it to an higher "Depth" value.