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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Philp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 1:00 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Heh, my XWindows screen is enormous... what did
> I do wrong?
>
> Paul Stansel wrote:
> >
> > > No....just get back to your console (control-alt-backspace will kill
> > > X if nothing else!) and re-run your video setup.
> > > "/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup" or "/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config" are the two
> > > most popular config programs for X. Be sure NOT to select the setting
> > > to allow the display to be larger than your actual screen size. Also
> > > make sure you have properly identified your video card and monitor.
> > > If necessary, run xf86config and say you want to specify your monitor
> > > settings and select a slightly more conservative setting than your
> > > monitor will actually perform. i.e. instead of stating that your
> > > monitor will do 1280x1024 in 32-bit color at 70 hz with a horizontal
> > > synch of 60-90 hz, say it'll do 1024x768 in 24-bit at 60 hz, etc.
> > > Good luck!
> > > John
> >
> > Hrmmm... still no luck. I'm trying to use a Riva TNT2 Ultra card, but
> > obviously in 6.0 there's no support for it. So I've tried a variety of
> > options, from just the plain TNT to Unsupported Cards. I'm also using
> > a Gateway Cystalscan 17" monitor. When I run startx, the screen is
> > still way too big. If I Ctrl-alt-bspace back out, it shows that it is
> > putting it in 320x204??? Crazy. I've tried everything from 16 color
> > VGA all the way up, and still can't seem to find the right combination.
> > Anyone have any bright ideas?
>
> Grab the XFree86-3.3.5 rpms from the Cooker directory of your favorite
> Mandrake mirror. I'm also using a TNT2 Ultra card and can confirm that
> the updated XFree86 works extremely well.
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
