From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 4 07:23:11 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 BE7DF106566C for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 07:23:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com (mail-ew0-f21.google.com [209.85.219.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28B118FC31 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 07:23:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so3836854ewy.19 for ; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:23:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=xWolDHSNJGLe1uvLtulDwkYGqNODlkzvYsWhQp2t6dg=; b=VIZz6jI7IC8167gVSotnO2Ol26RZLuFBn3KvCf12otEX9SAL9lTJIaIREMRju3dYSi nk698tR9o3IMBOZCPGepSZPtYHM9oj/LnLYUVnCFrRbpWDjHN9ddPDpS+ykMKHEAUPHi Dow/GlWavs2Fa7itnP+D2LoYGF5uAtAn+NuAg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FrOwmhD6cUx5mlmE5I15owY0JdBQS+j7MZ8kTXXbJV1MAgoS4sNxnPF0sG4pcVGDdA lf5X0/PSsF6LnMq1v+hGLJ+58AY2SyA2IeXBXRSBKDB08tsZdN90evwA3Kn3hwa48PKt aBmlywbCUEqrl+AUImQsFSTy07Q889jqs+W6M= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.66.13 with SMTP id o13mr6682220eba.21.1233732190225; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:23:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4988C189.3040003@onetel.com> References: <1bd550a00902020030q418d3dard3182490496f706e@mail.gmail.com> <49877238.40507@onetel.com> <1bd550a00902022334u1dc2182cg932ca7fc926a2f00@mail.gmail.com> <4988C189.3040003@onetel.com> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 08:23:10 +0100 Message-ID: <1bd550a00902032323q5aca3920v7f4547e79102f4e6@mail.gmail.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: Chris Whitehouse Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:23:12 -0000 On 2/3/09, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: > > On 2/2/09, Chris Whitehouse 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 > >