Screen Displacement

fuzzai · 04-05-2004, 09:02 PM

hey, i just finaly got my ati drivers installed. and all.

and now when i log in as my user, i can move the screen downwards about 3/4" to 1" only down with the mouse

no need to touch the monitor.

its like the screen is to big and i have to scrole down for it

how can i fix this?
my res is 1280x1024

when i log in as ROOT in to xwin its fine...ive looked at basic settings and there the same. so i was just wondering. thanks

adz · 04-06-2004, 04:57 AM

Try pressing ctrl-alt-+ (or -) a couple of times to cycle through the various resolutions. See if one of them is better (ie higher). Strange that root has a different setting than users.

fuzzai · 04-06-2004, 08:59 AM

that does nothing.

i have just reinstalled my ATI drivers, and followed a thread on this site, and when i setit up i just just put the 1 resolution. as last time i put a couple and my drivers wouldn't load

but yet when i log into root i the screen is fine..

is/could there be anything else?

adz · 04-06-2004, 06:57 PM

OK.. That key combo only works if you've defined some other resolutions. Are the Icons and text the same size in both?

fuzzai · 04-06-2004, 08:11 PM

yeah as root and my user the text size is the same. all is just fine

ill make a new user and see if what it does..

fuzzai · 04-08-2004, 01:29 PM

I have made a new user. and the screen is fine

i double checked all settings. everything is the same

anyone have any ideas?
i really don't feel like making my user again. just incase i loose all my winex3 settings on desktop and in the kicker?
or would i not loose them?

adz · 04-08-2004, 06:48 PM

Copy all your files to the new user (including all the .* files) and see if the problem recurrs. If not then delete your current user and recreate it. Then copy all files from the dummy user back to yourself.