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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

I had the same problem that you describe.  Run XF86config again and when
it asks if the modes are okay answer no.  Then rearrange the order of
resolutions on each line so that the highest resolution which your
hardware can handle and which you want is the first one.  The default is
to use 640 resolution with a 1280 virtual screen (for my 2M S3 video card,
anyway) which is what you seem to be describing.  The first resolution on
each line is used if available.  Put 1024 FIRST on the top line of the
list of modes by choosing its number first.  You might also make sure you
have no virtual modes chosen.

Why do we have this default, Steven?  Is it optimized for VGA?

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Matrix Mole wrote:

> I finally got X installed on my BL machine. Edited the XF86Config file to
> include data for my monitor and installed the xsvga.tgz package and setup
> the Screen section of the XF86Config file for the SVGA mode. I think I
> missed something or other though when setting it up. When I startx I get a
> huge display area and the only way to reach the entire screen is by
> scrolling the mouse off the edge of the screen to get the screen itself to
> scroll in that direction. Did I miss something that caused the display
> setting to stay set at 640x480 but giving me a virtual useable area of
> 1280x1024? I'd prefer to just be at 1024x768 actually, don't need the
> 1280x1024.
> 
> Matrix Mole
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