Question: Anyone here running FreeBSD 7.2 ???

[VinDSL]

I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 in a VM (Sun Virtualbox) under 'Jaunty' - Gnome interface.

Everything is working fine, but...

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to switch screen res in FreeBSD 7.2. With 7.1, I just shelled to BASH and ran 'xorgconfig' (and other variants) but that doesn't work in 7.2. I can't even find the config files while X is running. It seems like 7.2 is locking the config file and running Xorg from a temp folder - which is cool in one way (if that's what they're doing, and not my imagination) but a bitch to change on the fly.

Anyway, before I go any further, I wanna know if anyone else is running FreeBSD 7.2 here - otherwise, I'll look for an answer elsewhere.

LoL!

I have a *feeling* I'm out on the fringes of computing, running FreeBSD on the desktop... but it doesn't hurt to ask!

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: VinDSL
I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 in a VM (Sun Virtualbox) under 'Jaunty' - Gnome interface.

Everything is working fine, but...

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to switch screen res in FreeBSD 7.2. With 7.1, I just shelled to BASH and ran 'xorgconfig' (and other variants) but that doesn't work in 7.2. I can't even find the config files while X is running. It seems like 7.2 is locking the config file and running Xorg from a temp folder - which is cool in one way (if that's what they're doing, and not my imagination) but a bitch to change on the fly.

Anyway, before I go any further, I wanna know if anyone else is running FreeBSD 7.2 here - otherwise, I'll look for an answer elsewhere.

LoL!

I have a *feeling* I'm out on the fringes of computing, running FreeBSD on the desktop... but it doesn't hurt to ask!

Paging n0cmonkey!

 

[imported_snikt]

I just fired up my FreeBSD VM, and I can't seem to find the GUI to change the res. When I created this VM I left pretty much everything default since it was more for learning purposes. Haven't booted this VM for a few weeks now, but FreeBSD 7.0+KDE 3.5.8.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

ah c'mon, real sysadmins don't use GUI!

try this on command line ... "xrandr --output VGA --mode <mode number>"

i.e. bash# xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x768 (whatever your resolution is)

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: LuckyTaxi
ah c'mon, real sysadmins don't use GUI!

try this on command line ...

LoL! I am using CLI..

Hrm...

I thought xrandr and xorg were two different things, but WTH?!?!?

Okay, let's see what happens...

~COOL!

Thanks! Those specific commands didn't work, but it got me in the ballpark...

I did a 'xrandr -q' and it says the highest res available is 800x600 - sooo, that's the problem!

I gotta run, but I'll continue down the xrandr path when I get home later. I'll let you know what happens...

Thanks again!!! :thumbsup:

 

[Nothinman]

I thought xrandr and xorg were two different things, but WTH?!?!?

Xorg is the display software, randr is an Xorg extension and xrandr is the cli tool to manipulate it.

I gotta run, but I'll continue down the xrandr path when I get home later. I'll let you know what happens...

You need to go down the path of manually configuring Xorg, apparently it's autoconfiguring improperly for you.

 

[Modelworks]

I'm sort of running it. I use it for my firewall/router . Its a monitor less console interface so I probably can't be much help. As an OS though, and especially for my purpose , its great, uptime right now is over 9 months.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
You need to go down the path of manually configuring Xorg, apparently it's autoconfiguring improperly for you.

Yep, that's exactly what's happening - and I knew that - but no big deal, right? (or so it would seem)

This is the way it goes with VMs, et al... Everything is virtual, blah, blah, blah.

I've grown to expect this sort of behavior when fooling Mother Nature, but I couldn't even find a &%$% config file to manually manipulate (with FreeBSD 7.2). That's the pisser!

Normally, all I would have to do is use gedit (or simply edit in FreeBSD's case)... but I can't even find the &^%$ config files. FreeBSD faults out and says, Xorg is already running in blah/blah/blah/temp... etc. etc., ad infinitum.

Anyway, I *guess* later versions (whatever that means in the *nux world - last week, last month) of Xorg and xrandr are supposed to play nice with each other - so, we'll see.

Thanks for your comment(s), as always!

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
I'm sort of running it. I use it for my firewall/router . Its a monitor less console interface so I probably can't be much help. As an OS though, and especially for my purpose , its great, uptime right now is over 9 months.

I hear you...

FreeBSD is it, IMHO! It's the 'Holy Grail" of all OSs. Some of the FreeBSD devs have been working on the project for 25 years or more! Hello?!?!?

I've gone full circle on FreeBSD - it's sorta like the first piece of ass you had was the most exciting - or the first car you owned was the best car ever made - or your Mom is the most righteous woman in the world. Whatever!

I got this thing about FreeBSD - like I'm not worthy, because it's so great - and really - that's what all this 'distro hopping' is all about for me!

*&^% it! I think I'll just wipe this machine, when I get back from Florida next week, and do a proper install of FreeBSD. I'll run all that other Windows and Linux shit in a FreeBSD VM, instead of the other way around.

My understanding is... Sun has just about, almost, got VirtualBox working as a FreeBSD host. By next week, or the week after, maybe I can forget all these playground OSs and be a FreeBSD demigod!

Um...

Am I getting too manic for you??? Just "comparing notes"... you know?

 

[VinDSL]

OMG!!!

Okay, before you guys judge me as crazy - by the comments above - hear this!

I just checked which version of RandR I'm running in FreeBSD 7.2. It's version 1.3. Cool!

So, I decide to go check out the new features in RandR 1.3 - supposedly in a nutshell...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.p...le&item=randr_13&num=1

Is it just me? Does anybody in these forums understand a word this guy is saying???

Bwahahaha! And, this is what I've been facing for years! FreeBSD is like the &^%! Tower of Babel!!!

LoL!

I'm gonna do it this time - I don't care - I really am...

 

[Nothinman]

Normally, all I would have to do is use gedit (or simply edit in FreeBSD's case)... but I can't even find the &^%$ config files. FreeBSD faults out and says, Xorg is already running in blah/blah/blah/temp... etc. etc., ad infinitum.

Just create an xorg.conf and it'll honor it.

Anyway, I *guess* later versions (whatever that means in the *nux world - last week, last month) of Xorg and xrandr are supposed to play nice with each other - so, we'll see.

Xrandr has nothing to do with it, it's just an extension that lets you change resolution, rotation, etc that Xorg already knows about. If Xorg doesn't know it can run a resolution xrandr isn't going to let you do anything about that.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Just create an xorg.conf and it'll honor it.

Thanks! Sounds prudent...

LoL! This is such a mystery (to me)!

Thinking out loud: How does X run with no config file?!?!? Never heard of such a thing...

Anyway, I'll try that and see if it works...

 

[Nothinman]

Thinking out loud: How does X run with no config file?!?!? Never heard of such a thing...

It's a new thing, auto-config and such...

 

[n0cmonkey]

I haven't used an xorg.conf for what feels like years...

 

[Nothinman]

I haven't used an xorg.conf for what feels like years...

I haven't ever stopped using one, the one that was created when I setup my boxes still works fine. Of course I'm using the closed nvidia driver so I haven't upgraded to the latest xorg in sid yet since there's some conflicts listed in aptitude and I don't want to take the time to sort it out just yet.