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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Matrix Mole wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to turn off Virtual desktop size altogether? 
> 
> Yes, simply remove the Virtual line in /etc/XF86Config
> (or put a # at the beginning of the Virtual line).  Then 
> the screen size will be set to match the largest resolution
> you specify in /etc/XF86Config.

I had run xf86config specifying no virtual screen and I was still having 
the problem Mole describes until I switched the order of modes for the 
default color depth (which is 8-bit unless you change something in 
XF86Config).  If it is left so that the lowest resolution is first on the 
line, then you only see part of the screen - in my case I saw one quarter 
of it because 640x480 was the default, but 1280 was the largest 
resolution.  I ran xf86config again and did not accept the modes (5) but 
changed at least the line for 8-bit (1) to 432 - this gave me a 1024 
screen and I could hit Ctl-Alt-+ to get back to the situation that Mole 
describes.

> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
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