Re: Starting Simple

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 02:19:11PM -0000, Alan Smith wrote:
> sheflug - http://www.sheflug.co.uk
>
> Okay here's one for everybody, the answer I am sure is so simple. I
> installed Suse last night, everything went okay. Logged on as root tried
> to startx, told me I couldn't so I ran xf86config hey presto it works.
> Only thing is it has a virtual desktop i.e. the desktop is bigger than the
> screen. I can't seem to find how to change it. Any ideas

Go into /etc/X11/XF86Config and edit the display section. Put a
Virtual x y in it. Let's say you're using an 800x600 SVGA server with 16
bpp, go to
Section Screen
blah
SubSection Display
Depth 16
Modes 800x600
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
...
EndSection

If you need any other resolution, modify virtual accordingly.
Hth,
José
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José L Gómez Dans PhD student
Radar Communications Group
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Sheffield UK

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