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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!news From: Andrew Aitchison <werdna@dpmms.cam.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Screen larger than monitor size ... Why ? Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:54:57 +0100 Organization: DPMMS, University of Cambridge Lines: 28 Message-ID: <32465061.41C67EA6@dpmms.cam.ac.uk> References: <pgn2yi9d50.fsf@theta.Microchip.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: jay.pmms.cam.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) To: Vineet Pancholi <pancholi@theta.Microchip.COM> Vineet Pancholi wrote: > > Hello, > > I have been enjoying my FreeBSD rev 2.1.0. with Xfree86. Everything is > good, but for the screen. > > I have a 17 inch monitor. But the mouse can be moved beyond the bottom > right corner, and it appears as if the screen is actually larger than > the size of the monitor. > > No. I am not talking about virtual screens of my FVWM2. > > Please ask me another question, if this makes little sense. ( ie. if I > am not describing my problem well enough ...) > > Please suggest what do I need to go fix. Well, it could have something to do with the modelines in XF86config? (I'm not sure exactly what), but it is more likely to be that the mointor picture size is too big. There is often a control marked with a screen and a horizontal double-headed arrow (also one with a vertical arrow), try changing this. Once you have changed the picture size, you may need to change the picture position too. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison A.C.Aitchison@dpmms.cam.ac.uk http:///www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/home2/werdna/.my-home-page.html