\_ SMTP quoth Mark Berkwitt on 8/21/2002 11:20 as having spake thusly:
\_ I cannot say how all features are working but X has a problem.
\_ When I boot it automatically goes into X but the X window only
\_ occupies the bottom half of the monitor's screen. This is not a
\_ monitor adjustment issue; the visible part is highly
\_ magnified.
The highly magnified part is usually a sign of having a 'large'
resolution specified and defaulting to a lower resolution mode. (eg:
set up for 1024x768, but it starts up in 640x480). Try using
ctrl-alt-<numkeypad-plus> and c-a-<nk-minus>. That should resolve
that.
\_ However, I don't recall ever being asked the size of my monitor.??
The newer X release (4.x) talk to smart monitors and get that for
you.
\_ Ok, about that X server, when I <alt><ctrl><backspace> the server reboots
\_ with no change. Also no change when I try to change resolution. I vaguely
\_ recall a list of servers or perhaps video cards. I didn't see the S3
\_ Trio64v+ card option so I just chose 'vga'.
Try picking a simpler S3 card. Go to runlevel 3 as your default (set
/etc/inittab) while you're testing. YMMV.
What might be potentially helpful in a few more go arounds:
Which X release you have. (4 point ....)
What your XFree86 config file looks like.
David
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