Re: XF86Setup
yOn Mon, 31 May 1999, moron wrote:
> XF86Setup. I've configured things for 1024*768, 800*600 and 640*480.
> Whichever of the modes (is that the right word?) I'm in, the screen size
> stays at 1024*768. If, for example, I'm in 640*480, my physical screen
> displays 5/8 (okay, 25/64) of the available image, and I can pan around to
> see the rest. Is this what should happen?
> If so, is there another way to configure it so that the available image
> just fills the visible screen and no more?
In the XF86Config file, in Section "Screen", add a "Virtual" parameter to
each subsection, and set it to the max res for that subsection.
eg:
Section "Screen"
Subsection "Display"
Virtual 1024 768
Subsection "Display"
Virtual 800 600
...etc...
> If not, does anybody know what I might have done wrong? Incidentally,
> there is a noticeable (livable with, but perhaps indicative of error) chunk
> of blank (black) on the left of the screen, although XF86Setup itself filled
> the screen perfectly.
For some reason I avoided xvidtune for years, but it actually works fine:
/usr/X11R6/man/man1/xvidtune.1x.gz
...RickM...
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