Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-10 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi Guys, Well, finally! Thanks, again, to everyone who assisted with this problem yesterday. As previously stated, I finally got an xorg.conf file that worked and would allow me to use full screen mode for some of the games that I play. However, as of my last post yesterday, I still didn't have

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi Guys, Thank you *so* much for your patience and your help! Hervé wrote: > On my graphic card there are 3 ports : DVI, VGA, TV. I use an LCD > monitor on 1280x1024 resolution with this config : > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "monitor0" > HorizSync 30-82 > VertRefresh 50-85

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Mick
On Saturday 09 September 2006 18:16, Jan-Hendrik Zab wrote: > Hey, > just for the record. IMHO it is a lot easier to set the DPI per > ~/.Xdefaults with 'Xft.dpi: 96'. Or by starting the X Server with > '-dpi 96'. Especially when you want to try some specific DPI value. Cool! I didn't know .Xdef

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Jan-Hendrik Zab
On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:38:26 + Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:40, Colleen Beamer wrote: > > > > This is part of my xorg.conf in case it helps: > > > === > > > Section "Monitor" > > > DisplaySize 336 269 # 96 DPI @

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi (again), On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 08:14:47 -0500 Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) I can't view some things in full screen. For instance, I play the > game Blobwars and if I try to set it to use full screen mode, the game > shows in the middle of the screen, the same size as it was w

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Mick
On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:40, Colleen Beamer wrote: > > This is part of my xorg.conf in case it helps: > > === > > Section "Monitor" > > DisplaySize 336 269 # 96 DPI @ 1280x1024 > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > VendorName "NEC" >

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:40:11 -0500 Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Viewport refers to your virtual screen which is larger than the physical > > monitor screen. Placing the cursor at the edge of the monitors scrolls the > > screen in that direction, until the edg

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Hervé
On my graphic card there are 3 ports : DVI, VGA, TV. I use an LCD monitor on 1280x1024 resolution with this config : Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor0" HorizSync 30-82 VertRefresh 50-85 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ATI_VE_7000" Driver "radeon" Opt

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 09 September 2006 13:14, Colleen Beamer wrote: >> Thanks to all who have replied, but my problem *is not* with my mouse. >> I went through that issue the very first time I installed Gentoo and >> know that I have to change it to /dev/psaux. > > Sorry, I only mention

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Mick
On Saturday 09 September 2006 13:14, Colleen Beamer wrote: > Thanks to all who have replied, but my problem *is not* with my mouse. > I went through that issue the very first time I installed Gentoo and > know that I have to change it to /dev/psaux. Sorry, I only mentioned the mouse because it has

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Jeff Grant
Colleen Beamer wrote: > Thanks to all who have replied, but my problem *is not* with my mouse. > I went through that issue the very first time I installed Gentoo and > know that I have to change it to /dev/psaux. > > I can boot into kde. However ... > As root: $ emerge -av app-admin/eselect-op

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 9 September 2006 15:14, Colleen Beamer wrote: > I've tried following the X Server Configuration HOW-TO, but no where > in that is there something that corresponds to this: > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > > I understand what the 2

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Colleen Beamer
Thanks to all who have replied, but my problem *is not* with my mouse. I went through that issue the very first time I installed Gentoo and know that I have to change it to /dev/psaux. I can boot into kde. However ... 1) I can't view some things in full screen. For instance, I play the game Bl

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Matthias Langer
On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 23:53 -0500, Colleen Beamer wrote: > Okay, I give. I'm having a problem with configuring xorg. > > I *do* have a basic configuration, but can't run some applications in > full screen mode and I surmise this is because something isn't set > properly in xorg.conf I ran Xorg -

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Matthias Langer
On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 23:53 -0500, Colleen Beamer wrote: > Okay, I give. I'm having a problem with configuring xorg. > > I *do* have a basic configuration, but can't run some applications in > full screen mode and I surmise this is because something isn't set > properly in xorg.conf I ran Xorg -

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Mick
On Saturday 09 September 2006 08:30, Stephen Liu wrote: > > Mine is: > > > Option"Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" > > The above line works for me too. OR "/dev/input/mice" also works here. X will *always* fail to correctly detect my mice on most of the boxen that I have configured so fa

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dale, > I recall having to work a bit to get it to see my mouse too. X will > not > start without the little rat being found. > > Mine is: > > > Option"Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" The above line works for me too. OR "/dev/input/mice" also works here. On the document mentioned

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Dale
Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > >> I can't find an xorg.conf.example file >> > > I just finished installing X window server. > > # X -config /root/xorg.conf.new > created a working xorg.conf for me. I don't need xorg.conf.example. > > Then; > > # cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.con

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, > I can't find an xorg.conf.example file I just finished installing X window server. # X -config /root/xorg.conf.new created a working xorg.conf for me. I don't need xorg.conf.example. Then; # cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf That is all. Some minor adjustment has to be m

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-08 Thread Dale
Colleen Beamer wrote: > Okay, I give. I'm having a problem with configuring xorg. > > I *do* have a basic configuration, but can't run some applications in > full screen mode and I surmise this is because something isn't set > properly in xorg.conf I ran Xorg -configure and it did give me a basic

[gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-08 Thread Colleen Beamer
Okay, I give. I'm having a problem with configuring xorg. I *do* have a basic configuration, but can't run some applications in full screen mode and I surmise this is because something isn't set properly in xorg.conf I ran Xorg -configure and it did give me a basic configuration, but the file is