Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:11:53 +1000 From: "Andrew Kozak" <akozak@richardflanagan.com.au> To: <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Cc: "freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <3F860759.000003.02004@akozak> References: <200310091043.47447.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
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Hiya Talbot I had the exact same experience. It turned out to be the video driver I was using. I was advised to try the VESA driver in the config file, and that seemed to work for me. I would agree with David Johnson - command line is the best way to config, I never could get that gui interface working properly anyhow :). Andrew Kozak -------Original Message------- From: Johnson David Date: Friday, 10 October 2003 03:48:49 AM To: Talbot; freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On Thursday 09 October 2003 08:07 am, Talbot wrote: > Greetings > I recently installed FreeBSD 4.5 with desk top KDE using a CD that > came with the book, FreeBSD Unleashed, by Michael Urban and Brian > Tiemann. Everything seemed to go fine until I execute startx. The > desktop environment on my screen "seems" to be at least four times as > big as it should be, displaying only the top left portion of the > desktop. The Handbook section 5.4 covers this information. Your problem is that you have a "virtual desktop", one that is larger than the size of your screen. This is the unfortunate default. My preferred method of configuring XFree86 is to first run "XFree86 -configure" to detect the video card and monitor. That's only to get this information. Then I run the command line configuration utility, xf86config, manually. Answer all of the questions. Then when it comes to display modes, make sure you select and appropriate display size, and then answer NO to "Do you want a virtual screen that is larger than the physical screen?". Then once you get a XF86Config file that works, SAVE IT! But read the handbook first. David _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" .
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