Try `sudo 915resolution 4d 1680 1050 32` If 4d is the only one that has 1680x1050 available you only have 16bit color, and you're trying to use 24, so it's not changing anything.
On 5/10/07, Alex Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Ted Unangst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On 5/10/07, Alex Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I see from the archives that I'm not alone with this problem, but I > have > > >found no solution: Trying to get the VGA port on my X40 to deliver > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] to my Dell E228WFP and failing. > > > > the i810 driver really doesn't like using resolutions that aren't in > > its BIOS. use 915resolution to add a 1680 1050 mode. > > I have actually tried that a few days ago, running 915resolution from > rc.securelevel like pkg/DESCR says with no positive effect. > > I didn't know which mode to change, so I even booted my system at > securelevel -1 and manually set every mode to 1680 1050 mode with > absolutely no effect (other than changing those Mode outputs in > Xorg.log). > > Just now I changed mode 4d to 1680x1050 and restarted X. My display is > now running [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. showing a massive, unscrollable 1680x1050 > desktop. This message is hence cramped and insanely hard to read while > I type :) > > tori$ sudo 915resolution -l | grep 4d > Mode 4d : 1680x1050, 16 bits/pixel > tori$ xwininfo -root | grep geometry > -geometry 1680x1050+0+0 > > > Any more suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? > > > -- > I prefer the dark of the night, after midnight and before four-thirty, > when it's more bare, more hollow. http://a.mongers.org
