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Subject: Re: Large window causes monitor to degauss/reset!!
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Jacob Rhoden wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I have been using freebsd for quite some time now, I have come across
> a machine with a 19" viewmaster, whereby if you open a window
> bigger than about 500x500 pixels, the monitor resets and degausses
> every 8 seconds until you close the window. Has anyone had this
> happen to them? And how did you fix it? (Freebsd 5.2.1, fairly current
> XFree86 with fairly current KDE).
> 
> Thanks,
> Jacob

hmm... may be it's something to do with your XF86Config, can you show us 
what you have there? Usually when you run "startx" it should print the 
path to XF86Config file it reads.