Re: Starting Simple

[Paul Sims <nospam [at] psims.free-online.co.uk>]

What he meant was he's got a virtual (ie scrolling) screen. The fix is
either to noy say yes to do you want a screen size larger than physical in
xf86config or to edit XF86Config set the virtual lines the same as the
desired res, ie 800x600 virtual on a 800x600 screen=no scrolling.
----- Original Message -----
From: Foz <99969628 [at] mmu.ac.uk>
To: sheflug <sheflug [at] listbot.com>
Sent: 28 January 2000 14:24
Subject: Re: Starting Simple

> 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
> >
> Press Ctrl+Alt+[+] (the gray plus key on the number pad) this will
> change your resolution up by one. Keep going until you can't scroll
> anymore.
>
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