From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 3 19:45:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dnai.com (dnai.com [207.181.194.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE40637B719 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:45:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bburnell@dnai.com) Received: from neptune.dnai.com (neptune.dnai.com [207.181.194.93]) by dnai.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA51636; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:45:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mars.dnai.com (mars.dnai.com [207.181.195.30]) by neptune.dnai.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA47371; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:45:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (bburnell@localhost) by mars.dnai.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id TAA24684; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:45:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bburnell@dnai.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mars.dnai.com: bburnell owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:45:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Bates Burnell Reply-To: Bates Burnell To: Gerry Freymann Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xwindows nightmare In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Gerry ... > freymann@freebsd.sputnik.org > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message