From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 15:59:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15E8016A407 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:59:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BA513C4BA for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:59:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz ([69.27.149.254]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2SFxoxq006084; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:59:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <460A90F1.7010700@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:59:45 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2pre) Gecko/20070221 SeaMonkey/1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Drew White References: <200703202125.35291.dmw@unete.cl> <20070321150620.GC15277@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20070328144553.GA49540@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070328144553.GA49540@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hi 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, 28 Mar 2007 15:59:53 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 09:39:10PM -0400, Drew White wrote: > >> Hi Jerry, installed the system. Now getting a terrible message video input >> 'out of range' on both my monitors... one showsup partially distorted and >> the other not at all >> . It worked find on the friends monitor who installed it for me, so i guess >> its a difference in the monitor and nothe computer . >> >> Can you tell me how to get 'in range'? This is weird! Both normal monitors, >> out of the box! There is no such thing as a "normal" monitor. There are just "monitors". Unless the two are the same make/model, you can't expect the configuration set up for Monitor "A" to work on Monitor "B"; which is why you have this problem. Ok, well, technically you could expect it to, but I'd predict disappointment about 50% of the time.... See the Handbook, Chapter 5, and specifically 5.4, "X11 Configuration". If you can't use a "X"-enabled browser to do this, drop to console and try "lynx" (/usr/ports/www/lynx) from the command line. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- We're happy little Vegemites, As bright as bright can be. We all enjoy our Vegemite For breakfast, lunch and tea.