Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 08:23:10 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Screen problem on booting Message-ID: <1bd550a00902032323q5aca3920v7f4547e79102f4e6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4988C189.3040003@onetel.com> References: <1bd550a00902020030q418d3dard3182490496f706e@mail.gmail.com> <49877238.40507@onetel.com> <1bd550a00902022334u1dc2182cg932ca7fc926a2f00@mail.gmail.com> <4988C189.3040003@onetel.com>
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On 2/3/09, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: > Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: > > On 2/2/09, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: > > > > > Fernando Apestegu=EDa 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 O= K > > > > _and_ if I go back to a console with Alt-Ctrl-Fn the console is fin= e > > > > 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 s= ame > > > 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 dri= ver > 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 scr= een > 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. Yes, I think that first video driver can be the problem... I will test a bit more and then I will probably file a PR. Thanks again. > > Chris > >
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