Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:54:22 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: got a new monitor, trying to reconfig xorg Message-ID: <200608281154.23068.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200608281005.57769.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200608271454.37351.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <ecuron$13l$1@jeremino.homeunix.net> <200608281005.57769.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On Monday 28 August 2006 10:05, Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Monday 28 August 2006 08:40, newsmaster wrote: > > Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid: > > <200608280828.50885.freebsd@dfwlp.com> > > > > > On Monday 28 August 2006 07:44, newsmaster wrote: > > >> Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid: > > >> <200608280705.21475.freebsd@dfwlp.com> > > >> > > >> > well, i finally got it to render at 1680x1050, but the size of my > > >> > desktop is fixed at about 1.5" outside the physical size of the lcd > > >> > (and about 3/8" top > > >> > and bottom). ive dont quite a bit of googling, and i am now trying > > >> > to figure out if there is a way to constain or shrink the desktop > > >> > down, so that i will be at the edges of my screen? > > >> > > >> Did you try "xvidtune" ? It is disigned for that purpose. > > > > > > i did, but i couldnt outwardly figure out what i was looking at. when > > > i go tot he xvidtune page tho, it says its for XFree86... will it till > > > work properly for xorg? > > > > Yes, for me its works very well with Xorg. > > I bought me a new IIyama lcd screen and I had to add manually > > some new mode-lines. You can extrapolate from the existing ones. > > Then xvidtune makes the finishing touch. Press on "show" and replace > > the mode-line with the output of xvidtune. > > when you click the narrower and shorters (etc) buttons, shouldnt the > display be obeying these buttons? if so, im at a loss, as when i click > them back and forth, nothing happens. > > ill try again, > problem solved. got an nvidia 7300GS. as little changing the driver and vendor name, and the next startx i was at the proper resolution and refresh rate. sorry intel! cheers, jonathan
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