From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 07:34:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56F1E106564A for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 07:34:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com (mail-ew0-f21.google.com [209.85.219.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B773E8FC08 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 07:34:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so2874822ewy.19 for ; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:34:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=odHfIJu+5qTzYPh6avuh9EihQChvku2ZkB6VcNwGnDo=; b=v/PL2l7SrkVgaEA5vIoMVyhcB7vmWbE+ZgziYWDSDQxk9vTIhunwhzUEdfWEkP01/+ 4DD1YIZbC7k7C3Rqhq2tP+wbx/f109JzOpCYi5NVlERr2x/b/LO6yISzPacKQ5fRU8To whPZQBrC8Amgok/6Z9q4+AccG2AI4VyL/hm4s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QUmJc25QRjxfYdllisjGgIwFmOYVTtqHRLt2kE7rFs1pbyO2f1O4CHroj0ZlcAlyxx MW0YN+/VxYBXbF/bgElFH4N8Z92GEAqlEGySpk407qDR8i0z7qqkYs0SMhV4FCF+DSYp nDkdqHi8TZAhEJisquruIJCapAGdA5xO4GYzU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.11.17 with SMTP id 17mr551611ebk.113.1233646442857; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:34:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49877238.40507@onetel.com> References: <1bd550a00902020030q418d3dard3182490496f706e@mail.gmail.com> <49877238.40507@onetel.com> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 08:34:02 +0100 Message-ID: <1bd550a00902022334u1dc2182cg932ca7fc926a2f00@mail.gmail.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: Chris Whitehouse Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Screen problem on booting 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: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:34:04 -0000 On 2/2/09, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p2 > > > > Since a few days I've noticed something weird. On booting, all the > > text I see is shifted to the left, so I lose the first ten letters or > > so in every line of text. > > > > After login, once I type "startx" the X Window system seems to be OK > > _and_ if I go back to a console with Alt-Ctrl-Fn the console is fine > > again. > > > > My graphic card is an ATI Radeon HD2400. > > > > Anybody noticed it? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > PS: In console mode, reset command doesn't fix the problem. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > Adjust the horizontal position with the controls on the monitor while > booting? My LCD flat panel has an auto adjust button which does the same > thing. Yep, but the point is that it worked fine some time ago (probably with -p1, though I'm not sure). And as I said after using X, if I go back again to console mode, monitor settings are correct. Doesn't this means there is some kind of problem with video at start up? None of my other operating systems in that machine suffer this problem. Thanks > > > Chris >