Quoth Adam Vande More on Sunday, 02 January 2011: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Michael D. Norwick <mnorw...@centurytel.net > > wrote: > > > Happy New Year! > > > > I bought a new HP 2010i LCD monitor that is supposed to give me 1600x900 > > resolution at 60 Hz to replace a generic 19" C.R.T. monitor that did > > 1024x768. The machine has an ATI Radeon video card and I am using a V.G.A. > > cable not H.D.M.I. I reconfigured my /etc/xorg.conf using Xorg --configure. > > I was given the full screen at 1600x900 resolution at the next reboot but > > then while trying to adjust some monitor settings such as Power Saver and > > Sleep Timer the screen adjusted to the right and will not center. Adjusting > > the horizontal control to '0' (full left?) will not center the display. > > > > The easiest thing to do is to simply start X without xorg.conf present. It > will automatically run with highest settings your devices are capable of. > > mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old > restart X > > -- > Adam Vande More > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Not always. On my laptop, Xorg wouldn't even run without specifying refresh rates. But in general, that's a good place to start. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com
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