From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 16 22:21:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA06651 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 22:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nico.telstra.net (nico.telstra.net [139.130.204.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA06646 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 22:21:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by nico.telstra.net (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id PAA02342; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 15:21:11 +1000 Received: (grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id OAA06365; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 14:51:09 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970817145108.22127@lemis.com> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 14:51:08 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "mabrenio@netscope.net" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: huge! References: <33F3DB5E.53899368@netscope.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <33F3DB5E.53899368@netscope.net>; from mabrenio@netscope.net on Fri, Aug 15, 1997 at 12:30:22AM -0400 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Aug 15, 1997 at 12:30:22AM -0400, mabrenio@netscope.net wrote: > can someone please help me.my computer keeps opening every program that > i use in xfree86 in huge > windows that make it impossible for me to use the progs. > > can someone please tell me what i should do?someone said to adjust my > resolution to a lower one. This would just make things worse. This looks like an X configuration problem. Have you done anything with the files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults? If not, then take a look at your .xinitrc file. Does it contain a line like this? xrdb -load .Xdefaults If so, look at the file .Xdefaults (or whatever). It probably contains a default which causes this to happen. If you can't figure it out, send me the file and I'll see what I can do. Don't copy the list, though: these files can be long. Greg