Re: X11 and fvwm2: how to set screen size

["Robert V. MacQuarrie" <adren@mail.provision.net>]

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, BOHICA wrote:
>Currently the resolution is set to 800x600, but the display still thinks
>that it is in 640x480 mode.  This causes a lot of dynamic scrolling to
>get to border bars, etc.  When I had (*gasp*) Windows 95/98 on the
>laptop, 800x600 was small, but perfectly legible without the "virtual
>desktop" effect and scrolling screens.
>The question I have is: Is there a way to force the X11 or fvwm2 to
>"shrink" the virtual desktop to physical screen dimensions?

Open /etc/X11/XF86Config and look in the 'Section "Screen"' section and
comment out the 'Virtual' lines. This will make the display whatever you
have in your 'Modes' lines..
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    #Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
    #Device      "Generic VGA"
    Device      "Matrox Millennium"
    Monitor     "Princeton Graphics EO90"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "1280x1024" "640x400"
        ViewPort    0 0
        # Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
        Virtual     1600 1280
	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^==(Comment out this line with a #)

        #Options  "power_saver"
    EndSubsection

--Hope this helps




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