X11: 1280x768

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Tue Nov 11 04:15:48 PST 2008


On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:27:55 +0100, Mel <fbsd.questions at rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> I have a vague recollection of this card putting 1024x768 before 1280x768 in 
> the mode list it returns, so that it defaults to 1024x768, but I'm not sure 
> where or when I read that. Either way, hardcoding the desired modeline 
> (without typos) in xorg.conf should work.

There's an additional "means of force" to explicitely request
a certain mode: 

        Option          "PreferredMode" "1280x768"

I think it should be placed into the section "Monitor". maybe
this helps, but it can also block the machine (I had this).



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