It looks as if you were using a lower resolution than what your screen wants you to have. This could be due to you running a lcd screen (lap top or flat panel) these like best the resolution they are build for... Look in your screen section you should have (at least) a subsection display with a mode line, I would just set the desired resolution on that line. If you have more than one subsection display, they usually differ by the depth. In that case set the default depth to the subsection you (or your screen) likes most... One other (ominous) possibility is that your card is not recognised and that X gives you 640x480 on a screen which is made for something a bit better... In such a case another shot at posting your config and log might help... Lionel
--- John Bovey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Robyn and Lionel, > > Look at Lionel's reply from earlier today. > > Thanks to you both for your suggestions. After fiddling around with the > XF86Config file, with nothing making any difference, I finally re-ran > make World and make install and now it is finding its fixed font ok. I > don't expect I'll ever know what went wrong, but the first time I did > the build, the make World seemed to go ok but the make install failed > and I had to install a few extra libraries to get it to complete. Perhaps > their absence caused something to silently go wrong with the main build. > > The problem now is that X is not detecting the screen resolution correctly > and my windows are appearing very small and surrounded by a sea of black > screen. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
