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  • From: Nomdo Jansonius <nomdo AT dds.nl>
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] XWindows virtual screen size
  • Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:27:05 +100

At the end of xf86config there is a question like "change the modes". For
1-4 you should choose (in your case) 1024x768 and subsequently answer the
question "virtual screen larger than physical screen" with "n".

On 2003-12-21 baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org said:
>Cc:
>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
>matrixm AT sdf.lonestar.org
>SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org





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