Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:09:59 +0200 From: "Kees Plonsz (newsmaster)" <newsmaster@news.myown.framed.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: got a new monitor, trying to reconfig xorg Message-ID: <ecv817$4oo$1@jeremino.homeunix.net> References: <200608271454.37351.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <ecuron$13l$1@jeremino.homeunix.net> <200608281005.57769.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <200608281154.23068.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid: <200608281154.23068.freebsd@dfwlp.com> > On Monday 28 August 2006 10:05, Jonathan Horne wrote: >> On Monday 28 August 2006 08:40, newsmaster wrote: >> > Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid: >> > <200608280828.50885.freebsd@dfwlp.com> >> > >> > > On Monday 28 August 2006 07:44, newsmaster wrote: >> > >> Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid: >> > >> <200608280705.21475.freebsd@dfwlp.com> >> > >> >> > >> > well, i finally got it to render at 1680x1050, but the size of my >> > >> > desktop is fixed at about 1.5" outside the physical size of the >> > >> > lcd (and about 3/8" top >> > >> > and bottom). ive dont quite a bit of googling, and i am now >> > >> > trying to figure out if there is a way to constain or shrink the >> > >> > desktop down, so that i will be at the edges of my screen? >> > >> >> > >> Did you try "xvidtune" ? It is disigned for that purpose. >> > > >> > > i did, but i couldnt outwardly figure out what i was looking at. >> > > when i go tot he xvidtune page tho, it says its for XFree86... will >> > > it till work properly for xorg? >> > >> > Yes, for me its works very well with Xorg. >> > I bought me a new IIyama lcd screen and I had to add manually >> > some new mode-lines. You can extrapolate from the existing ones. >> > Then xvidtune makes the finishing touch. Press on "show" and replace >> > the mode-line with the output of xvidtune. >> >> when you click the narrower and shorters (etc) buttons, shouldnt the >> display be obeying these buttons? if so, im at a loss, as when i click >> them back and forth, nothing happens. >> >> ill try again, >> > > problem solved. got an nvidia 7300GS. as little changing the driver and > vendor name, and the next startx i was at the proper resolution and > refresh rate. > You know that Nvidia has a driver for FreeBSD if you want those special things your card can do, like twin display, brialliance adjust, tv-out etc...
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