Re: tweaking desktop.... xvidtune?

Alex Deucher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.xfree86
Message-ID <[email protected]>
see if you can find out what mode you are running in windows (hsync,
vrefresh, etc.) then create an identical modeline in xfree86.  I had a
similar problem with my old matrox card, and it was because windows was
using 75hz refresh rate and xfree was using something else.  I adjusted
the modeline in xfree to send the monitor the same mode, and then
everything was centered under both OSes.

Alex

--- Desmond Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello there
>  
>  
> I have a linux box that also runs windows 98. So here's the problem,
> if
> I boot in windows my desktop is configured (by the physical monitor
> settings) to take up as much space on the monitor as possible. Then,
> when I go to linux on the same box (with the same monitor) my desktop
> is
> slight shifted over to the right such that part of my desktop is cut
> off. 
>  
> I can solve this problem by physically adjusting my monitor settings
> again, but I have to do this every time I boot from one os to the
> other.
> I know that you can change this in freebsd by running the 'xvidtune"
> command and editing your /etc/X11/XFConfig file. But I tried this in
> redhat 9.0 and got no love. instead it couldn't even run the Xserver.
>  
> I found someone else who had a similar problem, but I don't think
> that
> anyone proposed a solution to this? One person recommended using
> Xconfigurator, but this doesn't help me adjust the screen to shift to
> the left.
>  
> Thanks in advance.
>  
>  
> Regards
>  
> Desmond
> 


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