From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 21 8: 5:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-1.enteract.com (smtp-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3D137B41C for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:05:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from jamestown.21stcentury.net (24-148-18-116.na.21stcentury.net [24.148.18.116]) by smtp-1.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BDFC73D9; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:05:22 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jtm@localhost) by jamestown.21stcentury.net (8.11.6/8.11.3) id fALG5bR26496; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:05:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jtm) To: Tom Kersten Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: XFree86 virtual resolution (was: none) References: <20011112024145.93847.qmail@web10001.mail.yahoo.com> From: James McNaughton Date: 21 Nov 2001 10:05:36 -0600 In-Reply-To: Tom Kersten's message of "Sun, 11 Nov 2001 18:41:45 -0800 (PST)" Message-ID: <86vgg4cdnz.fsf@jamestown.21stcentury.net> Lines: 51 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tom Kersten writes: > > > Long version of what is wrong: > I installed FreeBSD 4.4 from the cdrom I ordered. I > read on the XFree86 site and in my graphics card's > manual that it would not function with an XFree > version less than 4.1.0 (whether this is true or > not...I am not sure)...so I installed the 4.1.0 > version from the XFree site. Everything went great. > Then, I went through the XFree86 -configure setup (the > text based one) following all the information from the > XFree site...this also went fine. I then installed KDE > 2.2, which installed smoothly and started up. That is > where the problem is. My screen seems to have a > "virtual" parameter set because my desktop is too big > for my screen (it moves as I move my mouse to the > borders...I am sure you know what it is). So, I looked > in the X-config file, but there is no "virtual" > parameter set. Then I thought maybe it was something > with my monitor setup. So, I went through a few > tutorials and the walkthrough in "The Complete > FreeBSD" to set up my monitor. After doing so, nothing > changed. Is there another file I need to modify? What > am I doing wrong? As far as I can tell, you are doing nothing wrong. This is a feature of XFree86. I can't remember if there's a way to do what you want, which is for resolution changes to reset the size of the root window, but the place for information would be http://www.xfree86.org/ as this is _really_ an issue with XFree86 and not specific to FreeBSD or any OS. > > Any suggestions are appreciated very much, as I have > already lost too much sleep over something that should > be much easier than I have made it. Welcome to the club. I once spent a week trying to fix a problem. I scanned the man page over and over looking for the answer. Then, I read the man page carefully and found the one sentence that told me what to do. It was a learning experience on more than one level. The upside is the sense of satisfaction that comes with learning how to do what you want to do. > Thanks in advance, You're welcome in advance. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message