Re: screen and window

[Zheng Wang <zwang@pstat.ucsb.edu>]

Thanks. I got it.

I have another problem. Except the bash shell , I can not let the
backspace work properly. I don't know how to config it. Could you help me
out?

Thanks again.

Zheng Wang, Ph. D
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability 
University of California, Santa Barbara
E-mail: zwang@pstat.ucsb.edu; http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/~zwang



On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 john@paradise-it.com.au wrote:

> 
> In the file /etc/X11/XF86Config find the bit that looks a bit like
> this:
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Driver      "accel"
>     Device      "s"
>     Monitor     "l"
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       8
>         Modes       "1280x1024"  "1024x768"  "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes        "1280x1024"  "1024x768"  "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes        "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       32
>         Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 
> It's the lines labeled "Modes", you just have to re-arrange them to
> start in the resolution you want, if you just want to change
> resolution. If you want to change the actual size of the virtual
> desktop add a line like
> 
> Virtual     800 600
> 
> just after the "ViewPort" lines.
> 
> Cya John.
> 
> 
> Zheng Wang writes:
>  > Hi, everybody,
>  > I just installed debian and ran X. The problem I have is that the desktop 
>  > itself is much big than the screen. So if I open a window, this window
>  > perhaps is not visible at all. I have to move my mouse around to find it. 
>  > I tried Ctrl+alt+"+" (told by Brian). It reduce the font and also the
>  > visible screen size, but the problem remain unsolved. Does anybody have
>  > this kind of problem.
>  > 
>  > Zheng Wang, Ph. D
>  > Department of Statistics and Applied Probability 
>  > University of California, Santa Barbara
>  > E-mail: zwang@pstat.ucsb.edu; http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/~zwang
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
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