a number of widly varied questions [FreeBSD 6.0; stdc++6, Xorg/Drivers & issues, one KDE issue]

[Jim Stapleton]

Thank you, that screen refresh rate seems to have fixed it. The
original that xorg generated through the config script just drove my
monitor bonkers (lots of shaking and a message on the screen that
complained). I finally managed to get it to work forcing horiz and
vert to be 60.0 (60.0-60.0 on each). My screen setup was almost
identical to yours (except I had 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480 in
there as fallbacks). I didn't change that, and it does seem to work.

With those settings you gave me, the resolution is now at 1280x1024,
and the text no longer causes my eyes to bleed. Thanks!

> I can help you with the monitor part. I have a Samsung 712N that runs at
> 1280x1024.
>
> Towards the end of xorg.conf there is a section that looks something
> like this:
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Screen0"
>         Device          "Card0"
>         Monitor         "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection      "Display"
>                 Viewport        0 0
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes   "1280x1024"
>         EndSubSection
>
> That's what's in mine, and thats what gets the 1280x1024 display.
>
> You're also going to have to look for something that looks like this:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         #DisplaySize            340     270             # mm
>         Identifier      "Monitor0"
>         HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
>         VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
> #       Option          "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
>
> I think using 'Xorg -configure' will generate a pretty good xorg.conf
> file (actually xorg.conf.new) that you can look at, make changes to,
> and test with 'Xorg -configure xorg.conf.new', you'll have to use
> ^Backspace to get out of it, but you'll find out if you've get things
> set right and if the mouse is working.
>
> Don
>