From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 17 22:53:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9030437B420 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:51:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-166.90.85.155.dial1.chicago1.level3.net ([166.90.85.155] helo=there) by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16chdy-0007MA-00; Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:51:22 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Bob Giesen To: Vinod Namboodiri , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: too big for me!!! Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 00:51:19 -0600 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] References: <20020217002928.51761.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020217002928.51761.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Did you try a different resolution by pressing [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[-] or [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[+]? (Use the "+" and "-" keys on the numeric keypad.) If this works, then look at your XF86Config file. (If you're using XFree86 v4.x, you should find it in /etc/X11.) Look for Section "Screen." Note your DefaultDepth value and then find the corresponding "Display" subsection. If, e.g., the DefaultDepth is set to 24, look for the SubSection "Display" that has a Depth value of 24. In that subsection's Modes line, you should see some resolutions listed. X should use the first value in that Modes line when it starts. My guess is that yours is showing a low resolution, such as 640x480, which is too small to draw your entire gnome desktop. If so, try reordering the resolutions, placing a higher resolution first. HTH, Bob -- "It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are." -- Publius Syrus, 42 B.C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message