Re: Desktop size

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

>Tony Gettig wrote:
>> 
>> Hey there,
>> 
>> I did this once before, but I cannot for the life of me remember how to do
>> it again. I installed RH5.1 on a box at work, and the X desktop seems to be
>> bigger than my display. That is, I have to scroll around the screen instead
>> of seeing the whole desktop all at once. It's almost like 800x600 display
>> on a 640x480 monitor. Where can I change that setting so the desktop takes
>> up the whole screen and I don't have to scroll around? Any help is
>> appreciated. I didn't find anything in a MAN page, but I might not have
>> been looking for the right thing. :)
>> 
>> Tony
>> 
>> Tony Gettig
>> mailto:tgettig@net-link.net
>
>The Window Manager .rc (.fvwmrc, .twmrc, etc) file will have a section
>on virtual desktop. FVWM has a section that can specify how many
>screenfuls ie., 2x2, 4x2, etc. can be made up by the virtual desktop. I
>think that you can comment it out or use 1x1 to specify only one screen
>for the desktop. Check out the docs for your window manager if it's not
>FVWM.

Another place to look is in FX86Config. Determine what section (near the end) 
is being used for your configuration. You ought to see something like.....

Section "Screen"
   Driver          "Accel"
   Device          "Primary Card"
   Monitor         "Primary Monitor"
   BlankTime       0
   SuspendTime     15
   OffTime         30
   SubSection "Display"
     Depth     8
     Virtual   1280 1024
   Modes    "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480a" "640x400a"
Change that "Vritual" Argument to your screen size, and you'll be better off.
Also, when you do that, remove any of the sizes on the "Modes" line that are
larger screen sizes than the size you declare on the "Virtual" line.  Make
a copy of FX86Config before you change it, so you can switch back, and each
time you modify this file, you'll have stop the Xserver and restart it. You
DO NOT have to reboot.

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