emulate a Xorg configuration of GNU/Linux (Fedora 21) on FreeBSD

Roland Smith rsmith at xs4all.nl
Sun Jan 4 22:57:45 UTC 2015


On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 09:26:58AM -0500, Xavier Freebsd Questio via freebsd-questions wrote:
> I have a laptop with an Intel graphics card, but in FreeBSD, I can't 
> get the image in the VGA external output port.
> 
> I have tried or tested with the same laptop with a GNU/Linux, in this 
> case a Fedora 21, that by default shows the image through the VGA 
> external output connector.

Try connecting an external monitor, then run the xrandr(1) command and capture
the output::

    xrandr >screens.txt

Then post the content of screens.txt here.

This output should show you which connectors the computer sees, and which
output formats there are.

Roland
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