Resolution: Only 640x480 Resolution Available After Upgrade

[Bob Perry]

Bob Perry wrote:
> Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:31:26 -0500
>>> From: Bob Perry <rperry at gti.net>
>>> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
>>>
>>> This message was run in another mailing list with no resolution. 
>>> Thought I'd try it in the gnome list.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>> Thnx,
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Only 640x480 Resolution Available After Upgrade
>>> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:33:09 -0500
>>> From: Bob Perry <rperry at gti.net>
>>> To: freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org
>>>
>>> I'm running FreeBSD RELEASE 5.4 and recently upgraded my xorg port.  Ran
>>> into several problems since then, one of which included loss of
>>> available screen resolution modes.  Prior to the upgrade, I ran at
>>> 1024x768.  Following the upgrade, 640x480 is the only mode available.  I
>>> had a bad day with the upgrade so I assume I did something wrong/stupid.
>>>
>>> Regardless, my xorg.conf file reflects the following:
>>>     Section "Screen"
>>>         Identifier    "Screen0"
>>>         Device        "Card0"
>>>         Monitor        "Monitor0"
>>>         DefaultDepth        24
>>>         Subsection    "Display"
>>>             Viewport    0 0
>>>             Depth        24
>>>             Modes        "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>>>         EndSubSection
>>>     EndSection
>>>
>>> I don't believe the file changed and question where else can I look to
>>> troubleshoot the problem?
>>
>> There are lots of things that can effect this. Monitor definition is most
>> significant. The first thing to look at is your /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>> file. It's long and lots of it is not relevant, but it contains a rather
>> long section detailing the selection of the display resolution and the
>> monitor and card capability.
>>
>> I quick thing to try is to rename your configuration and starting
>> Xorg. It will generate its configuration by probing the system and
>> usually does quite well.
> I'll try that.  This problem occurred just after a portupgrade so I 
> thought it might be a problem with the xorg upgrade.
> 
> thnx much,

As recommended, I reconfigured the xorg file in X11 and things are back 
to normal.  The new config file was quite different from prior one, 
however.  Never realized I needed to update it.

Thnx,
Bob