Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 22:27:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Gerry Freymann <freymann@eagle.ca> To: Bates Burnell <bburnell@dnai.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xwindows nightmare Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104032222460.39145-100000@marlo.eagle.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010403185605.23997D-100000@mars.dnai.com>
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Bates Burnell wrote: > I recently managed to install FreeBSD. Even got Xwindows working.. kind > of. It starts, but there is something (gee, that's specific) wrong with > the display: the virtual vertical space exceeds that of the monitor by a > great deal. Horizontally, everything seems to fit. I just got done playing with X-Windows and GNome Desktop... and for Windows Managers I have installed twm (the default), wmG, fvwm95 and so far the one I have enjoyed most, Blackbox. It took me about 3 or 4 days to escape 640x480 mode, and the problem of not being able to see the bottom of the screen, etc. Well, I "guessed" at some settings in the configuration, and these were not very good settings to guess at. I would pay close attention to what you specified for your monitor and video card. In my case, I think I actually had the right stuff for the Video Card, but completely blew the specs on the Monitor. Today, I found some specs for my very old, crappy Daytek DT-14SN monitor, re-ran the config program and voila! I'm in heaven! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Gerry ... freymann@freebsd.sputnik.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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