Re: [Sheflug] ..and for my next dumb question...

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

On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 08:10:35PM +0100, Ruth Gunstone wrote:
> HOWEVER - it seems determined to set-up a 'desktop' that is substantially
> larger than my actual screen. How do I tell it (X/Gnome, presumably?) to use
> a nice, sensible 1024x768?

	Not knowing much about your configuration (distro, version of
X...), try having a look at /etc/X11/XF86Config _or_
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (that's the file that holds the configuration for
your X server, either version 3.something or version 4.something.
Nothing to do with GNOME/KDE). What happens is that your server is
allocating a virtual screen which is too large for your physical
resolution (i.e., monitor + card combination).

	If you don't specify a sensible value for it, it will choose the
largest to accomodate the largest resolution number. Let's say your
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 lines appear as:
Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Generic Graphics Device"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
            Depth   24
	    Modes  "1024x768" "800x600"
        EndSubSection

	The virtual value would be 1024x768. If I were to use the
800x600 value, the screen would be too big.

	What is probably happening is that you have an entry for v. high
resolution (1200-oddxsomething). Just put 1024x768 in the Modes line as
the only option, and all should work

	José
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