From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 09:58:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CADC37B401 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:58:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anyfloridahome.com (adsl-068-153-193-052.sip.bct.bellsouth.net [68.153.193.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3C0D43F3F for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:58:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@anything-inc.com) Received: from neo.anything-inc.com [68.153.193.50] by anyfloridahome.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.00) id AABCCA00FE; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:05:00 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030730125404.00aebbb0@mail.anything-inc.com> X-Sender: bob@anything-inc.com@mail.anything-inc.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:56:09 -0400 To: "Ken Copling" From: Bob Collins In-Reply-To: <001f01c356b9$49b716a0$358dfea9@yourze8cxvr8tt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: emachine x window trouble X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:58:57 -0000 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