FreeBSD7/xorg/radeon: Section "Screen" totally ignored

[Mark Busby]

----- Original Message ----
From: Zbigniew Baniewski <zb at ispid.com.pl>
To: freebsd-multimedia at freebsd.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:39:30 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD7/xorg/radeon: Section "Screen" totally ignored

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 08:36:03PM -0400, Gary Palmer wrote:

> What version of xorg are you using on Linux and on FreeBSD?
> 
> X -version
> 
> should tell you

Linux:

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN 
Current Operating System: Linux sarge 2.6.25.2 #1 Fri May 9 14:02:28 CEST
2008 i686
Build Date: 24 January 2008
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present

====================
FreeBSD (default X-server shipped with "official" 7.0):

X.Org X Server 1.4.0
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386
Current Operating System: FreeBSD sarge.my.own.domain.no-net 7.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #2: Sat Apr 19 20:53:27 CEST 2008
root at sarge.my.own.domain.no-net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SARGE i386
Build Date: 13 February 2008  05:50:12PM

        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present


> I might have missed it in an earlier e-mail, but what resolution does
> FreeBSD come up in?  
> 
> xdpyinfo

Highest available: 1280x1024

Under Linux I'm using 800x600 (on the "virtual screen" 1280x1024)
-- 
                pozdrawiam / regards

                        Zbigniew Baniewski
I was reading the Xorg section of the handbook the other day and
it states. Xorg does not need the configuration file, it should run fine without running Xorg -configuration.
Try "Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf" to force it to read the your config file.