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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.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Screen larger than monitor size ... Why ? Date: 23 Sep 1996 11:49:57 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <525q0l$rt@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <pgn2yi9d50.fsf@theta.Microchip.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Vineet Pancholi (pancholi@theta.Microchip.COM) 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 ...) Is your mouse cursor disappearing off the bottom of the screen ? If so, you can try adjusting your monitor using the physical knobs & dials. You may be able to do smart things with mode lines, but I have nowhere near enough savvy to suggest what to do with them :( Sorry. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....