On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2/3/09, Chris Whitehouse <cwhi...@onetel.com> wrote: >> Fernando Apesteguía wrote: >> > On 2/2/09, Chris Whitehouse <cwhi...@onetel.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Fernando Apesteguía wrote: >> > > >> > > > Hi all, >> > > > >> > > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p2 >> > > > >> > > > Since a few days I've noticed something weird. On booting, all the >> > > > text I see is shifted to the left, so I lose the first ten letters or >> > > > so in every line of text. >> > > > >> > > > After login, once I type "startx" the X Window system seems to be OK >> > > > _and_ if I go back to a console with Alt-Ctrl-Fn the console is fine >> > > > again. >> > > > >> > > > My graphic card is an ATI Radeon HD2400. >> > > > >> > > > Anybody noticed it? >> > > > >> > > > Thanks in advance. >> > > > >> > > > PS: In console mode, reset command doesn't fix the problem. >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> > > >> > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> > > > >> > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Adjust the horizontal position with the controls on the monitor while >> > > booting? My LCD flat panel has an auto adjust button which does the same >> > > thing. >> > > >> > >> > Yep, but the point is that it worked fine some time ago (probably with >> > -p1, though I'm not sure). And as I said after using X, if I go back >> > again to console mode, monitor settings are correct. Doesn't this >> > means there is some kind of problem with video at start up? >> > None of my other operating systems in that machine suffer this problem. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> . >> I thought maybe it was a problem that occurred with whatever graphics driver >> is loaded on boot and that it goes away once the ATI driver is loaded but >> maybe not. I just tested mine by using the screen controls to set the screen >> over to one side while booting. Once X starts and the nvidia driver loads >> the screen position is fine, however going to a console (ctrl-alt-Fn) the >> screen is still displaced unlike yours. Sorry if that suggestion doesn't fix >> it. > > Yes, I think that first video driver can be the problem... I will test > a bit more and then I will probably file a PR. > > Thanks again.
Just for the record, I filed PR. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=131448 > >> >> Chris >> >> > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"