From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 28 16:54:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB6C16A4E7 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:54:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 015A343D58 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:54:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7SGsN3Z006305 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:54:23 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:54:22 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <200608271454.37351.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <200608281005.57769.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200608281005.57769.freebsd@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608281154.23068.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on zeus.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: got a new monitor, trying to reconfig xorg 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: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:54:30 -0000 On Monday 28 August 2006 10:05, Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Monday 28 August 2006 08:40, newsmaster wrote: > > 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. > > when you click the narrower and shorters (etc) buttons, shouldnt the > display be obeying these buttons? if so, im at a loss, as when i click > them back and forth, nothing happens. > > ill try again, > problem solved. got an nvidia 7300GS. as little changing the driver and vendor name, and the next startx i was at the proper resolution and refresh rate. sorry intel! cheers, jonathan