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Try to check the resolutions set in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (or similar)
manually (using a text editor)

Are they right?

Peschmä

Am Thu, 09 Oct 2003 10:28:03 -0500 schrieb C. W. Talbot:
> 
> 
> Greetings
> I recently installed FreeBSD 4.5 with desk top KDE using a CD that came
> with the book, FreeBSD Unleashed, by Michael Urban and Brian Tiemann. 
> Everything seemed to go fine until I execute startx.  The desktop
> environment on my screen "seems" to be at least four times as big as it
> should be, displaying only the top left portion of the desktop.
> 
> The strange part of this problem is that the install program displays all
> of the display option screens in the correct size and font.
> 
> Any advice to get me going will be appreciated.
> 
> C. W. Talbot
> cwtalbot@hotmail.com
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