Re: X thinks my screen is larger than it actually is
Which window manager are you using? It must be possible to fix this:
you're just bothered by the initial placement of the windows, not with
bits of your actual desktop being off the screen, right?
If you open the windows from within a menu (I use fvwm95), add
'geometry' switches to the commands in the menu, or if you are launching
them from an xterm, create aliases with the geometry switches. Look at
the configuration file for your window manager. For example, in my
~/.fvwm95rc (there is also a system-wide /etc/system.fvwm95rc), I have
the line:
Style "*" RandomPlacement
(althogh I'm not sure exactly what this does!). Note twm allows user
placement of new windows, so they go wherever you put 'em.
You can also stick default placements in your ~/.Xresources file, eg:
emacs*Geometry: 80x65-0-0
Xterm*Geometry: 20x10+0+0
The only problem with this is that a second xterm would start on top of
the first.
Sorry if this isn't of direct help, but it should give you a few ideas
about what to look at (try man X!)
Rich
MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/8/99 7:32:49 PM Central Daylight Time, shao@cia.com.au
> writes:
>
> > 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...
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for this response, but it doesn't apply in my case. I don't have a
> virtual screen set up, the only resolution mention in my file is 640x480.
> The laptop pages don't help - frankly because it isn't an issue with laptops
> - it's an X server problem. I get the same results using a desktop. The
> Xservers (or window managers) simply don't stay within the confines of
> 640x480 resolution - and they should. If I maximize a window, it puts it in
> the full 640x480 window - so why does X/window-managers put these windows off
> the screen when the are first painted? That's just sloppy.. I know in most
> cases I can reposition them, but I shouldn't have to. If I only have 480
> pixels high, why does a window pop up that goes beyond this limit?
>
> -Jay
>
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