Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:45:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Bates Burnell <bburnell@dnai.com> To: Gerry Freymann <freymann@eagle.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xwindows nightmare Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010403193454.23997F-100000@mars.dnai.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104032222460.39145-100000@marlo.eagle.ca>
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Okay. So there's probably a problem with the monitor settings I chose
in XF86Setup. Any which monitor settings I should be using? I got the
following from the monitor's manufacturer:
Horz. Freq. Khz: 30 - 48Khz
Vert. Freq. Hz: 50 - 90 Hz
and thought (perhaps stupidly) that as long as I stayed within that range,
I'd be okay. So if it's the Monitor Sync Rates that's the problem, which
should I be using? If it's instead the Mode(s) I've selected, which
should I use (or not use)?
Thanks in advance. (which SOOO understates the matter)
-Boy
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare,
it is because we do not dare that things are difficult."
- Seneca
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Gerry Freymann wrote:
> 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!
>
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> Gerry ...
> freymann@freebsd.sputnik.org
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