1) If you have a newer monitor (2 years old or so) then you can merely save
the settings to the Monitor's RAM after adjusting it.
Next time Linux comes up, it will switch to the appropriate mode.
2) If you have a REALLY old monitor, you'll need to be sure that Linux is
running at EXACTLY the same screen res and refresh rate as your NT/Windows
settings...
Thus if you have your monitor set at 1024x768x85hz (doubtful if you have an
old monitor!) you'll need to set Linux to use the same refresh rate... clock
rates follow logically...
You'll need to hand edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config so that the timings are the
same... if you cannot do this from XVidtune.
You can also try re-configuring XFree86. Select a "lower" monitor than what
you have.
Normally "X" tries to drive the monitor you specify at the highest possible
frequency.
Selecting a more median monitor will effectively lower the refresh rate at a
given resolution and get you closer to where you need to be.
-JMS
|-----Original Message-----
|From: Ralph Sanford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
|Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 4:57 PM
|To: Newbie Mandrake List
|Subject: [newbie] Monitor Display is Offset
|
|
|Hi Guys,
|
|I have Linux Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe, basically installed and running except
|for peripherals (to be dealt with later) and the display on my monitor is
|offset to the right about 1 inch ( the left side border is too large?)
|
|I have tried XFdrake , XFdrake --expert and Xconfigurator and they each
|provide a small window that changes screen resolution and color depth BUT
|NOT the position of the display on my monitor.
|
|xf86config has a lot of adjustments in it but not how to adjust the
|display location/mode.
|
|xf86setup which I have used in SuSE is not found on my Mandrake setup.
|
|xvidtune which is on my Mandrake system DOES adjust the horizontal
|position
|correctly and I can log on and off as different users and the display
|remains correct. However, when I reboot back into Linux the display is
|offset again. How can I make the display adjustments in xvidtune become
|permanent? Or what other adjustment utility should I use?
|
|My testing computer was built by Touch Systems, a PII - 233 on ASUS P2L97
|with 96m RAM.
|
|The video card is a Matrox Millenium G200 AGP w/ 8 mb. The monitor is NEC
|Multisync E500.
|
|This is a multi-boot machine with WinNT4, OS/2 4, and now Mandrake 7.0
|formerly SuSE 6.3. The physical monitor adjustments have worked with
|Windows, OS/2 and SuSE and I am not prepared to alter the physical
|setting
|of the monitor and then diddle with the other operating systems software
|settings in order to accommodate Mandrake. There must be a way to get
|Mandrake to accept the a horizontal adjustment in display setting and
|then
|retain the adjustment through a reboot.
|
|PS my copy of the Mandrake 7.1 CDs just arrived in the mail and I would
|like to play with it, once I know how to permanently shift the display
|settings.
|
|Thanks for any assistance.
|
|
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