Screen offset - X and framebuffer

Cocktail · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 May 2002 Posts: 93

This thread may fit better in the framebuffer support thread, but as I suspect this is an X-server problem I post it here.

I have my desktop area streched so it covers all of my CRT (as do we all), and as I primarily uses X + KDE this is what I have optimized for.

However, whenever I boot into Win2k and when booting linux with framebuffer and bootsplash the screen moves off centre to the left.
The screen stays in centre whenever I use a windowmanager based on X (ie KDE, Gnome, Windowmaker...), or when booting linux without FB-Bootsplash.

Anyone know what I can do to correct this?

-C

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

i have experienced the same " problem " , exactly the same.
But i think thats a windows bug

works fine in linux

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tomchuk · Guru Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 317 Location: Brooklyn, NY

This has to do with X, framebuffer and Windows are each using different refresh rates for your monitor. I believe there is a patch for framebuffer that will allow you to set the refresh rate to the same that you are using in X and in Windows.

Cocktail · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 May 2002 Posts: 93

But wouldn't that mean that the picture would move around in windows when I'm changing the refresh rate?

-C

syscrash · Guru Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 541

Run xvidtune, set it up how you like, and tell it to show you the modelines. Put the modelines into your XF86Config, and restart x. Have fun