[kellyh@clara.co.uk: Re: xvidtune & XFree]

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net>]

Hello again,

> Harvey Kelly(kellyh@clara.co.uk) is reported to have said:
> > Hello everyone,
> > 
> > I'm trying to configure X - but the problem is that I can get everything fine, except the screen is way off to the left.  I use xvidtune to alter it so it's perfect, but how do I save my changes?  Can I?  

>Sorry, what I mean is: I've got the values from xvidtune - where do I
>insert them in my XF86Config-4?  The relevant (I think) part is...
>
>	Subsection "Display"
>		Depth		24
>		Modes		"800x600" "640x480" "1024x768"
>		ViewPort	0 0
>	EndSubsection
>
>I inserted my values after "800x600" - but that didn't work.
>		
>Sure, sorry I forgot - fresh installation.

That is explained in the man page for XF86Config (Required reading).

Here are some hints

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Sylvania"
        ModelName    "F77"
    DisplaySize 315 241
    HorizSync 30-70
    VertRefresh 50-160

    Mode "640x480"
        DotClock 45.88
        HTimings 640  688  784  852
        VTimings 480  488  494  530
        Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
    EndMode

    Mode "800x600"
        DotClock 69.65
        HTimings 800  864  928 1104
        VTimings 600  604  610  640
        Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
    Endmode
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultFbBpp 16

        SubSection "Display"
        Depth     8
        Modes     "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        Viewport 0 0
        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"
        Depth     16
        Modes   "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        Viewport 0 0
        EndSubSection

EndSection

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