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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 2001 11:17:22 -0800
From:      David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        Godfrey Anonical <GAno@NaturalWonders.COM>
Cc:        "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Screen Resolution in KDE (FreeBSD)
Message-ID:  <3A9AABC2.24FCC6B5@acuson.com>
References:  <1077EA82B488D31193FB0008C724A284AC721F@EXCHANGE>

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Godfrey Anonical wrote:
> 
> Hello, I just recenly installed freebsd and am using KDE. The problem is the
> output screen on my monitor is only displaying a portion of the entire
> desktop. I have to scroll down just to see the panel on the bottom of the
> screen (default). Did I do something wrong during the Xfree86 configuration?
> Please advise. Thank you

This is what is known as a "virtual desktop". If you used the xf86config
command to setup X, then this is what you get by default. The XF86Setup
command doesn't give you this.

Take a look at the X11 section in the FreeBSD Handbook for ways to fix
this. It involves editing the XF86Config file.

David

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