Problem with X

jackD · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 17

ok, this isn't my first encounter with gentoo, but this didn't happen last time i installed gentoo. I emerged xfree ok, then i emerged fluxbox and when i started up fluxbox, i didn't see a taskbar then i emerged blackbox to see if it was a problem related to fluxbox and blackbox had no taskbar either, then i discovered that if i moved my mouse to the bottom of the screen it would scroll down and there was my taskbar, so it appears to be drawing a larger desktop then what my resolution which is set to 1024x768. My monitor is a 17" Philips monitor model 107E, which has the X config below.

bzzy · Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 10:22 am Post subject:

X will select the largest mode as the virtual size of the desktop (in your case 1280x1024) but will startup with a resolution of "1024x768" (the first mode in the list).

You must change
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024"
in
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
or
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
and switch to "1024x768" with ctrl alt +/-

klieber · Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 12:20 pm Post subject:

While you're actually in X, you can hit "ctrl-alt-<minus sign>" to reduce the resolution. ("ctrl-alt-<plus sign>" will increase it)

--kurt
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jackD · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 17

Thanks for the help, now everything fits on the screen, but the 60 Hz refresh rate is driving me nuts

There must be something else I am doing wrong...