screen position/X problems in Mandy7.2

[Apostata]

Hey,

Firstly, I've scanned the forums for an answer to this...there are many solutions, but none of them work for me.
My screen position is permanently off-centre horizontally by about two inches. Also, the X-resolution utilities in DrakConf will not start-up (they'll get as far as "Preparing to run X-configuration...", then nothing).
I've run xf86config...after restarting, nothing is different. I checked my XF86Config-4 file, and nothing is different.
I've run Xconfigurator...it will not start.
I've run xvidtune...it works great, but again, after restarting it's as if I never used it.

I'm running XFree 4.0.1

If there's anyone out there who can point me to a solution, I'd be very appreciative. I'd personally like to know where I can input my monitor type...hoping that it will kick-start the adjustment. I really don't want to re-install either: everything else works fine, and my CD player often dies out on me when installing for some reason (!).

Cheers in advance.

[ 07 April 2001: Message edited by: Apostata ]

[WilliamWallace]

did you try editing the XF6Config file by hand? thats what always worked best for me.

if you dont know how to do that...just post your XF86Config file here and i will help you with the adjustments.

[Apostata]

Thanks for your help, WW. Here's the graphics section from the XF86Config-4 file (FYI, I'm using a Viewsonic E771-4 @ 1024x768, and a Creative Geforce DDR 32):


# ************************************************** ********************
# Monitor section
# ************************************************** ********************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
Identifier ""
VendorName ""
ModelName ""


# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 30-70


# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 50-120


EndSection

# ************************************************** ********************
# Graphics device section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
Driver "vga"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "nv"
# VideoRam 32768
# Clock lines


# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
# Option "sw_cursor"

Option "DPMS"
EndSection

# ************************************************** ********************
# Screen sections
# ************************************************** ********************


Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)"
Monitor ""
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

[bdg1983]

Have you tried any of the actual on-screen monitor adjustments for the ViewSonic?

[Apostata]

Yes I have...but because I have a dual-boot with Win98, it only throws off Win98 in the opposite direction.
Since this problem originated in linux, I can only assume the cause lies there.

*sigh* I think I'm going to reformat and start from the beginning. Something's gone wonky somewhere...if it was just the screen position, that'd be one thing, but not being able to run any of the X config apps etc...

It's just frustrating. However, I'm going to attempt an ftp install this time...less buggy than from CD (with Mandrake anyway).