Re: X thinks my screen is larger than it actually is
It depends on what kind of a video card you use. Check out the Linux Laptop homepage
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
For your problem, in your XF86Config, if you have something like
"640x480" "800x600"
Then by default XFree86 will use the "640x480" mode and your virtual screen will be
set to "800x600".
That is why you are getting a larger screen than you expected. Try to use ctrl-alt-+
to see if you can
switch to "800x600".
Of course if you are using the wrong server, it won't work...
Hope this helps.
MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/6/99 6:27:27 PM Central Daylight Time,
> galt@inconnu.isu.edu writes:
>
> > AFAIK, your problem is neither new nor soluble: what's happening is that
> > your pixelsize is too large for the default windowsize to fit within the
> > screen boundaries--either set a higher resolution or live with it. The
> > problem is not that your virtual resolution is too high, it's that your
> > screen resolution is too low: however, you might get better results if
> > you set your virtual resolution higher than your actual screen: you'd at
> > least be able to navigate to the parts that don't show up on your screen.
> > Sorry I can't be of more help--it's happened to me on more than one
> > occasion :(
> >
>
> This isn't directed at you in any way, but that answer really grates on my
> nerves.
>
> I have a Toshiba laptop - and it supports 640x480 just fine. Yes, if I
> increase the resolution, I don't actually get finer details, but a bigger
> virtual desktop. And frankly, I don't like that feature at all.
>
> What really irks me is that Linux/XF86Free doesn't support 640x480 mode
> correctly in the first place. If I had the knowledge, I'd fix it, believe
> me... but I don't. And frankly, being forced to live with this limitation
> is rediculous. Last time I checked, 640x480x256 was still "THE" standard VGA
> mode that any monitor will support. Strange that XF86 doesn't...
>
> Curious - do any of the other X servers correct this problem? I'd be willing
> to pay for a package that did..
>
> -Jay
>
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