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Paul Christenson wrote:
> Justin Stodola wrote:
> >
> > Ok, X works ok, with one annoying problem: Down the left hand
> > side of the screen is a fairly narrow(~.25 inch) band of increased
> > intensity that makes anything that fall within it unreadable. This
> > occurs in all video modes with resolutions higher than 640x480.
>
> > Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Most likely, that bright band is caused by retrace, which is from the
> electron beam coming on too soon. A few minor adjustments in the
> XF86Config file will take care of that.
>
> There's a good document on making these adjustments. On a Slackware
> system, it's /var/X11R6/lib/doc/VideoModes.doc; don't know where it
> hides on a Debian system.
The document you mention is in /usr/doc/X11.
Also, Justin, you might want to try xvidtune. This is an application
that allows you to interactively adjust your X settings.
As a last resort, you may want to fetch the most recent X11 S3 server
from ftp.xfree86.org, and install it in /usr/local/bin, then edit your
file /etc/X11/Xserver so that the first line is
/usr/local/bin/your-new-server-file.
Good luck,
Susan Kleinmann
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