Re: A small question
On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 12:05:41PM +1100, Gordon Heydon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> First off I would like to thank Branden for all the great work he is
> doing.
>
> Secound I am having a little problem. I doing think it is a problem with
> the packages but more of a configuration problem.
>
> When I put the more "1600x1200" into my list of mode lines I get as
> expected 1600x1200 except that in all other resulutions I get a
> 1600x1200 screen size on a what ever resolution screen, the screen then
> does a pan and scan of the 1600x1200 area.
>
> I don't use 1600x1200 that offen but I do like to have it there without
> having to edit my XF86Config nd restart my X Server everytime.
At least in XF3, this was not possible. It might have changed in XF4,
but I severely doubt it. It's a limitation of the X protocol; the root
window can not be resized.
Dan
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