Re: X11 and fvwm2: how to set screen size
Well I tried this, commented out the "Virtual" setting and indeed it kept me
from "panning" to the extended screen, only problem was that the extended
sections did not "condense" in to the physical limits of the screen.
Went back and removed the comment mark and restarted X11, still had no
ability to pan to the virtual screen size. Rebooted, same issue: the
XF86Config file has been restored to the original and I still can't pan to
the edges of the virtual screen.
Help?!???
- BOHICA
"Robert V. MacQuarrie" wrote:
> 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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