Re: Too many Xorg modes
> > In 6.1, how would I set up xorg.conf to restrict Xorg to a few > > specific modes? The Xorg.8.log created during xorgcfg shows 24 > > modelines, but when I cycle through the modes using CtrlAltPlus > > there are two which don't work at all and the remaining 22 cover > > only 8 resolutions (of which only about 3 seem likely to actually > > be useful.) > > I don't know if there is an easier way, but I just copy the modelines > I like from the log and paste them in the xorg.conf file. Put them in > the "Monitor" section. That is exactly what I did. > To address your second paragraph: in my case at least, including > explicit modelines suppresses the automatic modes. I only get the > ones explicitly listed. This has worked in both XFree86 and Xorg. In my case, using 6.1 Xorg, the only automatic modes suppressed were those whose resolutions matched one of the explicit modelines (and this is consistent with my reading of the 6.1 xorg.conf(5) manpage). Perhaps this behavior is different than earlier releases. The primary problem is that the highest-resolution automatic mode (1280x960) does not work: the (LCD) monitor displays a message to the effect that the input sync frequency is out of range, and goes into standby after about 20 seconds. This bad mode is used as the initial mode since it has the highest resolution, and there is no correct modeline that I can provide to override it because the resolution exceeds the monitor's capabilities; so the server always starts up in a non-working mode. I can get to a working mode with CtrlAltPlus, but then the desktop (which was sized according to the initial, invalid, resolution) is too big for the screen. I suspect I may have run into an Xorg (or driver) bug -- the probe did correctly identify the monitor as a Gateway FPD1530, and this should have caused all resolutions exceeding 1024x768 to be discarded -- but how do I get around it? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Too many Xorg modes
On 8/25/06, Bob Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/24/06, Perry Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In 6.1, how would I set up xorg.conf to restrict Xorg to a few > specific modes? The Xorg.8.log created during xorgcfg shows 24 > modelines, but when I cycle through the modes using CtrlAltPlus > there are two which don't work at all and the remaining 22 cover > only 8 resolutions (of which only about 3 seem likely to actually > be useful.) I don't know if there is an easier way, but I just copy the modelines I like from the log and paste them in the xorg.conf file. Put them in the "Monitor" section. To address your second paragraph: in my case at least, including explicit modelines suppresses the automatic modes. I only get the ones explicitly listed. This has worked in both XFree86 and Xorg. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Too many Xorg modes
On 8/24/06, Perry Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In 6.1, how would I set up xorg.conf to restrict Xorg to a few specific modes? The Xorg.8.log created during xorgcfg shows 24 modelines, but when I cycle through the modes using CtrlAltPlus there are two which don't work at all and the remaining 22 cover only 8 resolutions (of which only about 3 seem likely to actually be useful.) I don't know if there is an easier way, but I just copy the modelines I like from the log and paste them in the xorg.conf file. Put them in the "Monitor" section. E.g.: ModeLine "1600x1200" 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync I use modelines that give 60Hz vertical sync because there is a transformer sitting next to my monitor, and at 70Hz sync rate the display wiggles at 10 Hz. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Too many Xorg modes
Run the xorgconfig interactively in text mode and choose what you want. -Derek At 05:43 PM 8/24/2006, Perry Hutchison wrote: In 6.1, how would I set up xorg.conf to restrict Xorg to a few specific modes? The Xorg.8.log created during xorgcfg shows 24 modelines, but when I cycle through the modes using CtrlAltPlus there are two which don't work at all and the remaining 22 cover only 8 resolutions (of which only about 3 seem likely to actually be useful.) A search for "modeline" in the docs and manpages turned up nothing applicable beyond xorg.conf(5), which does not describe how to prevent the implicit inclusion of built-in modes whose names do not match any explicitly-specified modes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Too many Xorg modes
On Thursday 24 August 2006 17:43, Perry Hutchison wrote: > In 6.1, how would I set up xorg.conf to restrict Xorg to a few > specific modes? The Xorg.8.log created during xorgcfg shows 24 > modelines, but when I cycle through the modes using CtrlAltPlus > there are two which don't work at all and the remaining 22 cover > only 8 resolutions (of which only about 3 seem likely to actually > be useful.) > > A search for "modeline" in the docs and manpages turned up nothing > applicable beyond xorg.conf(5), which does not describe how to > prevent the implicit inclusion of built-in modes whose names do > not match any explicitly-specified modes. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" The easiest way to do this is manually remove the modes you don't use from your xorg config. The config can be in a couple of different places, your log will show where it is. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
