Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid:
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> On Monday 28 August 2006 10:05, Jonathan Horne wrote:
>> On Monday 28 August 2006 08:40, newsmaster wrote:
>> > Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid:
>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >
>> > > On Monday 28 August 2006 07:44, newsmaster wrote:
>> > >> Jonathan Horne wrote in msgid:
>> > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > >>
>> > >> > 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.
> 
You know that Nvidia has a driver for FreeBSD if you want those
special things your card can do, like twin display, 
brialliance adjust, tv-out etc...

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