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Article #1479Re: XFree86 4.0 desktop size
From: Draco Ravenloft
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:00
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~jumping up and down excitedly~ THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 It works!! mike burrell wrote: > In comp.os.linux.help Draco Ravenloft <draco81@swbell.net> wrote: > > but could someone do me a favor and tell me how to change the settings > > so that it will stop having a physical res of 1024x768 and a desktop > > that's drawn to1280x1024? > > the desktop size will be equal to the largest resolution given on the Modes > line in the appropriate Display subsection. find the appropriate Display > subsection and get rid of any reference to 1280x1024. you might also be > able to override it with a Virtual line, though i've not tried it: > > Section "Screen" > Driver "accel" > Device "my video card" > Monitor "my monitor" > DefaultColorDepth 16 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600" "1280x1024" > Virtual 1024 768 > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > > though just getting rid of the "1280x1024" makes a lot more sense to me: > > Section "Screen" > Driver "accel" > Device "my video card" > Monitor "my monitor" > DefaultColorDepth 16 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > > -- > /"\ m i k e b u r r e l l > \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN mikpos@home.com > X AGAINST HTML MAIL, > / \ AND NEWS TOO, dammit
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