Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 01:15:07AM +, Dieter BSD wrote: > > > Have you tried: > > $ xset +dpms > > to use standby etc.? > > xset:  unknown option +dpms > > I assume it needs more than the 5 coaxes to do dpms. > (It did appear to be working with the short cable that came > with the monitor.)

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Dieter BSD
> Have you tried: > $ xset +dpms > to use standby etc.? xset:  unknown option +dpms I assume it needs more than the 5 coaxes to do dpms. (It did appear to be working with the short cable that came with the monitor.) > Font for xterm: x11-fonts/inconsolata-ttf I installed package inconsolata-ttf

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:41:27PM +, Dieter BSD wrote: > > Reducing the color depth to 16 allows the wimpy Rage XL (8 MiB) to > do 1920x1080. > > So then I moved the old slow X terminal out of the way and moved the > shiny new Dell ST2220T LCD into the prime spot in front of the > keyboard dr

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-19 Thread Dieter BSD
Reducing the color depth to 16 allows the wimpy Rage XL (8 MiB) to do 1920x1080. So then I moved the old slow X terminal out of the way and moved the shiny new Dell ST2220T LCD into the prime spot in front of the keyboard drawer... ...and the cable doesn't reach. Two HD-15 to BNC cables back-to-ba

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-07-01 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote: Section "Monitor"        Identifier "Monitor2220"        VendorName "Dell"        ModelName  "ST2220T"        HorizSync  30.00-83.00        VertRefresh 56.00-76.00 Remove the HorizSync and VertRefresh settings, they are only needed if the monitor is ancie

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Jerome Herman
On 30/06/2011 23:42, Dieter BSD wrote: Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section. If modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.

Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Bernt Hansson
2011-06-30 23:42, Dieter BSD skrev: Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. You can't. Mach64 does not support that resulution. Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section. If modelines

trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Dieter BSD
>>> Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. >> >> Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. >> Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If >> modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log. >> But they almost

Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:12:28 +, Dieter BSD wrote: > Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080. If configuring this via X doesn't work, there's always xrandr which you can call from your ~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession respectively), like this: xrandr --fb 1920x1080

Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Dieter BSD
> That is incorrect.  Don't set AllowEmptyInput, just turn off AutoAddDevices. > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html I reduced the config file to: Section "ServerLayout"        Identifier     "X.org Configured" #       Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "C

Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread sizemj
This is what I use in my xorg.conf see below Notice the mode line for resolution, and HorizSync30-107 VertRefresh 48-120 Also in my /etc/rc.conf I put these lines hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" This sets up X for me every time and works great. Section "ServerLayout"

Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Devin Teske
On Jun 30, 2011, at 6:11 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote: > >> google found >> http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=27601 >> which suggests using moused instead of hald. moused runs, >> but I think I have to get Xorg to use a config file to set >> Option

Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Devin Teske
On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Dieter BSD wrote: >> Q1: how do you start X? > > "Xorg" > (no config file) > > result: display works (1400x1050), but no keyboard or mouse > > "Xorg -configure" > (creates /root/xorg.conf.new) > "Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new" > > result: 1280x1024 which monito

Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-30 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote: google found http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=27601 which suggests using moused instead of hald.  moused runs, but I think I have to get Xorg to use a config file to set  Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"  Option "AutoAddDevices"  "off" so that it

Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-29 Thread Dieter BSD
> Q1: how do you start X? "Xorg" (no config file) result: display works (1400x1050), but no keyboard or mouse "Xorg -configure" (creates /root/xorg.conf.new) "Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new" result: 1280x1024 which monitor doesn't like I also tried "Xorg -keyboard Keyboard0 -pointer Mouse0"

Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-29 Thread Bernt Hansson
2011-06-30 02:12, Dieter BSD skrev: FreeBSD 8.2 packages: packages-8.2-release amd64 ATI Rage XL Dell ST2220T (1920x1080) "Xorg -configure" generates an xorg.conf file that somehow puts it into 1280x1024 mode and the monitor refuses to use it. I haven't found a way to get the full modeline info

Attempting to get an X11 server running

2011-06-29 Thread Dieter BSD
FreeBSD 8.2 packages: packages-8.2-release amd64 ATI Rage XL Dell ST2220T (1920x1080) "Xorg -configure" generates an xorg.conf file that somehow puts it into 1280x1024 mode and the monitor refuses to use it. I haven't found a way to get the full modeline info for whatever it is actually putting ou