Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:55:50 -0800 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: germain@purdue.edu, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X-server/Gnome/Something Message-ID: <200312011655.50071.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <1070325473.3fcbdee12d58d@webmail.purdue.edu> References: <1070325473.3fcbdee12d58d@webmail.purdue.edu>
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On Monday 01 December 2003 04:37 pm, germain@purdue.edu wrote: > I'm working on getting my FreeBSD installation totally up and > going. So far, I've got one last major thing to fix and then I'd say > its pretty much perfect :-). When I do a startx (I'm using gnome if > that matters) Everything comes up ok except that the screen is > somewhere between half an inch to a quarter of an inch off to the > right side. I went and did the xfree86 -configure as per the > handbook to get it up and going. I don't know if this matters but > I've got a GeForce3 Ti200 and a Dell E550 monitor. I asked on > questions and all I got was experiment with xvidtune. Can anyone > give me any pointers? I doubt that this is anywhere in the Handbook or FAQ, so I'll answer this seemingly technical question even though this list isn't for technical questions... Adjust your monitor. Every modern monitor has dozens of possible resolution / refresh rate combinations. Each combination has its own settings in the monitor. If you've never adjusted the monitor settings for this combination before, it will still have the factory settings, which in my experience, are never right. What looks centered and perfect in Windows using a 1280x1024 @ 75Hz maybe be off-center in XFree86 using 1280x1024 @ 85Hz. David
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