Quoting John Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I recently upgraded to a full woody/testing installation. After a few > hours of reading & experimenting with "xf86configure" I got the new > XFree86 4.0 server to work well. I still have 1 problem. The > resolutions that are accepted on my monitor are "640x480" "800x600" > "1024x768" "1280x1024" 24bpp . When the server runs XF86Config-4; it > automatically loads the lower resolution first. I then have to manually > (CTRL+ALT +/-) change the resolutions. The problem is that when I select > the one I want...the virtual screen/desktop is diffetent that the actual > edge of the monitor. In fact none of these modes match the screen. In > the past I have been able to correct this by selecting the startup > default with XF86Setup and using only that resolution. That does not > seem to work with "xf86config" or "XFree86 -configure" & xf86cfg > completely craps out. I think there is an option called viewport that > nees to be set, but the docs do not cover it well enough to try it. Any > Suggestions. It would be really cool to be able to switch screen > resolutions & have them all fit the actual 13.7" viewable area. I have > all of the monitor specs and the video card specs as well.
I suspect that for most people this is a breeze. I just use the monitor controls to put the picture where I want it for each resolution. The monitor remembers each setting because it's in a different mode (i.e. it recognises the scan frequencies and fishes out the correct settings from an internal table). With old-fashioned monitors that can't do that, I set the controls using my preferred resolution, then switch to the other one (this would be just 800x600 to 640x480) and use xvidtune to scale the new picture. Then I copy the modeline from xvidtune into the XF86Config file at the appropriate place. (Thank goodness I no longer use those old monitors for X). The only problem is: I don't know how XFree86 4 does modelines. It may be different from 3. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.