Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:40:37 +0200 From: newsmaster <newsmaster@news.myown.framed.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: got a new monitor, trying to reconfig xorg Message-ID: <ecuron$13l$1@jeremino.homeunix.net> References: <200608271454.37351.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <200608280705.21475.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <ecuof1$17e2$1@jeremino.homeunix.net> <200608280828.50885.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid: <200608280828.50885.freebsd@dfwlp.com> > On Monday 28 August 2006 07:44, newsmaster wrote: >> Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid: >> <200608280705.21475.freebsd@dfwlp.com> >> >> > well, i finally got it to render at 1680x1050, but the size of my >> > desktop is fixed at about 1.5" outside the physical size of the lcd >> > (and about 3/8" top >> > and bottom). ive dont quite a bit of googling, and i am now trying to >> > figure out if there is a way to constain or shrink the desktop down, so >> > that i will be at the edges of my screen? >> >> Did you try "xvidtune" ? It is disigned for that purpose. >> > > i did, but i couldnt outwardly figure out what i was looking at. when i > go tot he xvidtune page tho, it says its for XFree86... will it till work > properly for xorg? > Yes, for me its works very well with Xorg. I bought me a new IIyama lcd screen and I had to add manually some new mode-lines. You can extrapolate from the existing ones. Then xvidtune makes the finishing touch. Press on "show" and replace the mode-line with the output of xvidtune.
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