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Re: Windows Manager is too Big



In /etc/X11/XF86Config, make the virtual screen resolution equal to the
physical resolution.

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, stumpy@capital.net wrote:

> Howdy Linux Gurus,
> 
> My windows manager is too big for my screen.  I have to move the mouse
> down to the bottom of the screen to have it "float" up.  I'm using
> fvwm95.  I checked the man pages and it says something about using the
> command DeskTopSize, but when i try to use it it says command not found.
> I think the problem is more of an X problem then the actual windows
> manager.  When I configured the system I used xfconfig (? the
> un-graphical one) and I had it search for the possible display types. 
> It seems that the only usable display it found was 640X480.  My other
> computer that is running M$ Win 95 is set to that and it is fine (I'm
> sure this is does not mean anything on the Linux platform).  So any
> step-by-step instructions would be great on how to fix this problem.
> Thanks.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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