Re: X4 scrolling

[Andy Saxena <ansaxena@engr.uconn.edu>]

On Sunday July 15 2001 22:55, Eric G. Miller wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 12:30:03PM +1000, Bek Oberin wrote:
> [snip]
> >     Subsection "Display"
> >         Depth       24
> >         Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
> >         ViewPort    0 0
> >         Virtual     800 600
> >     EndSubsection
[snip]
>
> This section says, "make 24 bpp default, use modes 800x600 and 640x480
> and make virtual the *same* size as the default mode 800x600".
> Therefore at 24bpp your virtual and default view modes should be the
> same size.  If you Ctrl-Alt-Numpad_Minus -- do you get a change of
> screen resolution to 640x480 and a scrollable virtual screen?

Well, Miss Oberin, my apologies for mistaking your gender. Actually, as I was 
reading down the list, I saw your post about the journalling filesystem. I 
realized my mistake when I saw the "giggles" you had you put in your e-mail.

Now, getting back to your problem. I am not an expert at X, but I would urge 
you to replace the relevant lines (shown above) in your XF86Config-4 files 
and see if the situation improves.

     Subsection "Display"
         Depth       24
         Modes       "640x480" "800x600"
         ViewPort    0 0
     EndSubsection

As you can see, I have removed the "Virtual" line and made a change to the 
"Modes" line. My reasoning here is that the "Virtual" setting is redundant 
since "Modes" already includes "800x600". The explanation provided by Mr. 
Miller should prove adequate.

Regards,
Andy