[GLLUG] X on FreeBSD

[Adam McDougall]

I agree about the wrapper.  Also, to get a higher resolution than default,
make sure there is a Modes line in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file under the
Screen and Display section you intend to use, with the resolutions in your
desired order.  For example, mine is like this:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "NVIDIA GeForce"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

If it still does not use a higher resolution, there may be something wrong
with your configuration that makes it think you are not capable of or not
setup to use higher.  Seeing the log would help in this case.


On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 03:22:49AM -0500, Michael T. Watters II wrote:

  FreeBSD requires a wrapper script for a regular user to run X.  Just cd /usr/ports/x11/wrapper and make install.  It should work after that.
  
  On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:22:43PM -0400, steven collins wrote:
  > ok, so redhat seems to have spoiled me a bit. I recently repartitioned
  > my winderz box so I can start playing with freebsd. Install went fine,
  > so far so good. ran xf86cfg as root and all seemed to be nominal. Now I
  > try to run startx and I get:
  > 
  > Fatal server error:
  > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log"
  > 
  > If I try startx as root KDE starts up but in 640x480 even though I have
  > 1200x1024 in the xfree86 config.
  > 
  > Is there some 'trick' to getting X working on freeBSD or what? Am I just
  > missing something maybe? Any help you guys could throw at me would be
  > appreciated.
  > 
  > 
  > -steven
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