From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 22:13:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4FBA106570F for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 22:13:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from april.london.02.net (april.london.02.net [87.194.255.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 372EE8FC25 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 22:13:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.1.72] (93.97.24.219) by april.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4967C92C00280E49; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 22:13:29 +0000 Message-ID: <4988C189.3040003@onetel.com> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:13:29 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= References: <1bd550a00902020030q418d3dard3182490496f706e@mail.gmail.com> <49877238.40507@onetel.com> <1bd550a00902022334u1dc2182cg932ca7fc926a2f00@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1bd550a00902022334u1dc2182cg932ca7fc926a2f00@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Screen problem on booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:13:39 -0000 Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > On 2/2/09, Chris Whitehouse wrote: >> Fernando Apesteguía wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p2 >>> >>> Since a few days I've noticed something weird. On booting, all the >>> text I see is shifted to the left, so I lose the first ten letters or >>> so in every line of text. >>> >>> After login, once I type "startx" the X Window system seems to be OK >>> _and_ if I go back to a console with Alt-Ctrl-Fn the console is fine >>> again. >>> >>> My graphic card is an ATI Radeon HD2400. >>> >>> Anybody noticed it? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> PS: In console mode, reset command doesn't fix the problem. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> Adjust the horizontal position with the controls on the monitor while >> booting? My LCD flat panel has an auto adjust button which does the same >> thing. > > Yep, but the point is that it worked fine some time ago (probably with > -p1, though I'm not sure). And as I said after using X, if I go back > again to console mode, monitor settings are correct. Doesn't this > means there is some kind of problem with video at start up? > None of my other operating systems in that machine suffer this problem. > > Thanks . I thought maybe it was a problem that occurred with whatever graphics driver is loaded on boot and that it goes away once the ATI driver is loaded but maybe not. I just tested mine by using the screen controls to set the screen over to one side while booting. Once X starts and the nvidia driver loads the screen position is fine, however going to a console (ctrl-alt-Fn) the screen is still displaced unlike yours. Sorry if that suggestion doesn't fix it. Chris