Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:18:51 -0400 From: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen size Message-ID: <wxh4w5kmd4cx$.kwlcn9liyku3.dlg@40tude.net> References: <001a01c38e79$407c97c0$71624541@hppav>
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On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:23:08 -0500, Talbot wrote: > 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 strange part of this problem is that the install program displays > all of the display option screens in the correct size and font. > > Any advice to get me going will be appreciated. I dunno if it will help, but I do all my X configs by-hand. I've never had good luck with the GUI configuration tools or the text-mode utilities. I just dive in and edit the file by-hand and it works every time. You can scroll down to the relevant portion of this speed-through I did up a while back (which is probably due for a new version when I get time): http://www.vtbsd.net/ipw-web/portal/cms/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpag e&pid=5 Good luck!
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