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 <desmond.lee@xxxxxxx> 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
