Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:36:53 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: "Michael D. Norwick" <mnorwick@centurytel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1 Message-ID: <AANLkTi=ZpUJaBg7AvHywWWvdXf8q%2BqaJ7T21ZgUpAefE@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D1E9A62.1040502@centurytel.net> References: <4D1E9A62.1040502@centurytel.net>
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On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Michael D. Norwick <mnorwick@centurytel.net > wrote: > Happy New Year! > > I bought a new HP 2010i LCD monitor that is supposed to give me 1600x900 > resolution at 60 Hz to replace a generic 19" C.R.T. monitor that did > 1024x768. The machine has an ATI Radeon video card and I am using a V.G.A. > cable not H.D.M.I. I reconfigured my /etc/xorg.conf using Xorg --configure. > I was given the full screen at 1600x900 resolution at the next reboot but > then while trying to adjust some monitor settings such as Power Saver and > Sleep Timer the screen adjusted to the right and will not center. Adjusting > the horizontal control to '0' (full left?) will not center the display. > The easiest thing to do is to simply start X without xorg.conf present. It will automatically run with highest settings your devices are capable of. mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old restart X -- Adam Vande More
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