[Johnson David]

On Thursday 09 October 2003 08:07 am, Talbot wrote:
> Greetings
> I recently installed FreeBSD 4.5 with desk top KDE using a CD that
> came with the book, FreeBSD Unleashed, by Michael Urban and Brian
> Tiemann.  Everything seemed to go fine until I execute startx.  The
> desktop environment on my screen "seems" to be at least four times as
> big as it should be, displaying only the top left portion of the
> desktop.

The Handbook section 5.4 covers this information. Your problem is that 
you have a "virtual desktop", one that is larger than the size of your 
screen. This is the unfortunate default. 

My preferred method of configuring XFree86 is to first run "XFree86 
-configure" to detect the video card and monitor. That's only to get 
this information. Then I run the command line configuration utility, 
xf86config, manually. Answer all of the questions. Then when it comes 
to display modes, make sure you select and appropriate display size, 
and then answer NO to "Do you want a virtual screen that is larger than 
the physical screen?".

Then once you get a XF86Config file that works, SAVE IT!

But read the handbook first.

David