screen resolution configuraton

[Jordan Evans]

I like to test out new Linux distros.  I bought the Linux Identity Kit,
FreeBSD 7.0  magazine and  installed FreeBSD with the Gnome desktop
manager.  My laptop display is 1280 x 1024, but gnome is displaying a larger
resolution.  I've tried set the screen resolution using
System->Preferences->Screen Resolution, but no resolutions show up in the
pop-up menu.  I also recieve an error at that point.

Error: An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information
for gnome-display-properties. Some of your configuration settings may not
work properly.

Error Details: Bad key or directory name:
"/desktop/gnome/screen//0/resolution": Can't have two slashes (/) in a row

As a second option to attempt to fix this problem I used xorgconfig, but my
model is not listed.  I used defaults for the model.  I heard LCD don't have
refresh rates, nor is it listed in the online specs for my laptop, so I just
gave it the widest range.  I was unable to generate a xorg.conf file that
didn't cause safe mode to start up at boot.

I don't know what else to try.

My computer is a IBM T-22 with a TFT Active Matrix display, 24 bit.  I tried
getting more info on my display with dmesg(8), but I didn't see anything
usefull.