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Date:      Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:56:09 -0400
From:      Bob Collins <bob@anything-inc.com>
To:        "Ken Copling" <copling@fidnet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: emachine x window trouble
Message-ID:  <5.2.0.9.0.20030730125404.00aebbb0@mail.anything-inc.com>
In-Reply-To: <001f01c356b9$49b716a0$358dfea9@yourze8cxvr8tt>

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At 12:40 PM 7/30/2003, Ken Copling wrote:
>hello i bought an emachine and i chose to put freebsd on it to try it out 
>and when i go to use the x window it goes and shows it to big on my screen 
>so i went to the manufacturers website to get the specs of the system so i 
>can get the display to show correctly like the book said but they wouldnt 
>give out the information so what is there that i can do now to get it to 
>work properly


Have you tried the key combination Ctrl + Alt + plus sign on the keypad? 
You should be able to cycle through different resolutions.

Otherwise, you should modify the X config file to address your resolutions.

-- Bob 



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