Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 17:16:07 -0500 From: Geoffrey Robinson <grobin@accessv.com> To: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X-Windows desktop is larger than my screen. Message-ID: <3496FDA7.CEC3CE06@accessv.com> References: <3.0.3.32.19971216100149.007d0100@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu>
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Jason Wells wrote: > > At 23:14 12/15/97 -0500, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: > >When I run X-windows the desktop is a few lines longer than my screen, > >so the bottom portion is cut off and inaccessible with the mouse. I've > >run XF86Config several times and tried a number of different settings > >but it doesn't make any difference. How can I change the > >resolution/desktop size? > > > >If its of any importance my video hardware consists of a Mach64 video > >card with 1meg RAM and a DAEWOO CMC-1501BA monitor. That's all I know. > > Everyone heretofore has talked about window managers. Window managers can > provide the virtual desktop, which is a desktop larger than your physical > screen. > > You can fix the problem you have without learning about window managers by > editing you /etc/XF86Config file. In subsection display, option virtual, > there is a an (x,y) value which sets the size of the virtual display. Just > change this to whatever you are using. For example, mine says 1024, 768. > > See man XF86Config There is no virtual line in my XF86Config. Should I add it? BTW: I can't seem to set it to 800X600. The resolution appears the same weather or not I set the monitor to 800X600 or 640X480 in XF86Setup. In fact, I'm not even sure I'm running the right X-Windows. Somebody told me that it looks very similar to Win'95 and there is a picture of it in the Walnut Creek CDROM catalog that doesn't resemble what I have either. Am I using the wrong program? --- Geoffrey Robinson grobin@accessv.com Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
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