Re: One more question

[Jeff Mayrand <mayrandj@xxxxxxxx>]

It worked but that seems kind of odd that if you have multiple resolutions
defined,  the virutal always expands to the largest, regardless of what you have
selected.  Whats the point of defining all the other modes then?

Thanks,

Jeff


On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Dirk Bartley wrote:
> If you have a series of modes available in the Display subsection:
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen1"
>         Device     "Card1"
>         Monitor    "Monitor1"
>         DefaultDepth 24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     16
>         EndSubSection     
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> The default virtual size is the largest listed.  Try removing all of the larger
> modes and then startx.
> 
> Dirk
> 
> Jeff Mayrand wrote:
> > 
> > Last question... for tonight that is....  I am using Redhat 7.0 and am having a
> > problem with X 4.0.1 I believe.   Anyways I cannot seem to get out of a virtual
> > mode of 1600x1200,  I can move through the different modes using ctrl+ and -
> > but how can I disable virtual screen size?  I have tried Virtual 0 0 as it
> > shows in the man pages for XF86config but that doesnt appear to be working...
> > Any suggestions on this one?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Jeff