Re: Screen recognition.

On 4/1/23 18:03, David wrote:
> Hullo,
>
>
> Struggling a bit with my first FreeBSD install.
>
> Mouse and keyboard are detected without any trouble, but the monitor, 
> a Dahua LM24-S420, is not giving a lot of joy. This monitor usually 
> works at 1920x1080 @ 60Hz, but is not delivering anything like that 
> now. Current spec is 1024x768.
>
> xrandr states:
>
> xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
> default connected primary 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>    1024x768       0.00*
>    800x600        0.00
>    848x480        0.00
>    640x480        0.00
>
>
> Showing, from what I can see, that no connection is recognised.
>
> So, there's nothing I can configure.
>
> I've tried placing a file in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ 
> (screen-resolution.conf) which achieves nothing
>
> The latest move is to create /root/xorg.conf.new, which advises, when 
> tested:
>
>
> (EE)
> Fatal server error:
> (EE) no screens found(EE)
> (EE)
>
>
> If there was an equivalent to lshw that would give me information on 
> the connection point, that might help, but that doesn't appear to be 
> available as lshw.
>
> Can anybody give me any advice on where to go from here?
>
> Thanks for any trouble.


Thanks Steve, Tomek, and Graham.

That sorted things out nicely.

Cheers!


David.