On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 12:07:58PM -0400, Derek Glidden wrote:
> pailhead@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys.. got a question for ya.. Linux boots up I get into X and my screen is
> > moved over to the right by about a half inch... I'm running at 1024x768 and in
> > Win9x/2000 it positions perfectly, when I get into X it's always slid over. Is
> > there a way to correct this?
>
> There's a tool called "xvidtune" but BE CAREFUL WITH IT. It's capable
> of setting your video card to do things to your monitor that it can't
> handle. Under most normal situations (99.95% of the time) it works
> as-advertised, but fool around with it and you can potentially damage
> your monitor.
>
> Now that that's out of the way - you can use xvidtune to adjust the
> modeline settings of the mode X uses to drive your monitor. X isn't as
> "smart" as Windows is because X lets you adjust all the various screen
> refresh settings by hand exactly the way you want rather than assuming
> it knows what's best for your monitor. (can you tell that's sarcasm?
> :) You'll need to tweak the display values in xvidtune then copy those
> settings into your XF86Config file.
>
> It's not for the faint-of-heart, or someone not comfortable editing
> system files, but that's how it's done.
>
Are you sure xvidtune doesn't just write the values back out to the
file? I've never had to edit the modelines after xvidtune.
Paul
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