From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 10 10:54:12 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 978AF16A4B3 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:54:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (170-215-53-193.bras01.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [170.215.53.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDBF043FAF for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:54:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from l035522 (unknown [165.107.42.110]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 857413BF424 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:54:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <007201c38f57$820ad2e0$6e2a6ba5@l035522> From: "Drew Tomlinson" To: Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:54:08 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: screen font size 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: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:54:12 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. W. Talbot" To: Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:28 AM > > 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. I suspect that your desktop resolution is set to something high like 1280 x 1040 but your viewport is set to 640 x 480. Refer to your XF86Config file and the man page (man XF86Config). Pay attention to the 'Virtual' and 'ViewPort' settings. Good Luck, Drew