screen resolution configuraton

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:33:09 -0500, Jordan Evans  
<mindwalkernine at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like to test out new Linux distros.  I bought the Linux Identity Kit,
> FreeBSD 7.0  magazine and  installed FreeBSD with the Gnome desktop
> manager.  My laptop display is 1280 x 1024, but gnome is displaying a  
> larger
> resolution.  I've tried set the screen resolution using
> System->Preferences->Screen Resolution, but no resolutions show up in the
> pop-up menu.  I also recieve an error at that point.
>
> Error: An error occurred while loading or saving configuration  
> information
> for gnome-display-properties. Some of your configuration settings may not
> work properly.
>
> Error Details: Bad key or directory name:
> "/desktop/gnome/screen//0/resolution": Can't have two slashes (/) in a  
> row

It looks like you are missing hostname.

http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20

Cheers,
Mezz

> As a second option to attempt to fix this problem I used xorgconfig, but  
> my
> model is not listed.  I used defaults for the model.  I heard LCD don't  
> have
> refresh rates, nor is it listed in the online specs for my laptop, so I  
> just
> gave it the widest range.  I was unable to generate a xorg.conf file that
> didn't cause safe mode to start up at boot.
>
> I don't know what else to try.
>
> My computer is a IBM T-22 with a TFT Active Matrix display, 24 bit.  I  
> tried
> getting more info on my display with dmesg(8), but I didn't see anything
> usefull.


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