Re: Where does 8.0/amd64's X server get resolution from?

[Piotr Meyer <aniou%smutek.pl@localhost>]

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 03:02:55PM -0400, Mouse wrote:
> >> [...] it would be significantly more convenient to have a way to
> >> make the X server start in 1280x1024 regardless of what is or isn't
> >> connected at X start, or was or wasn't connected at boot.
> 
> > A something like a following xorg.conf shouldn't be sufficient?
> 
> > [...]
> So I guess that's "maybe it should work - I don't know - but it
> doesn't".

Hmm. I tried it with my local NetBSD 9 install and it works without
problems. I check it with Net 8 anyway.

Could do You try a display section with explicit driver, i.e.:

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
    Driver "vesa"
EndSection

?

Regards,
-- 
Piotr 'aniou' Meyer