On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > I'm also guessing there is some kind of replacement that I need to > learn about if it effects my longtime reliance on xorg.conf to keep > using my huge desktops I like to use. For yrs I've > used. > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > Virtual 2048 1536 > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > > in /etc/X11/xorg.conf > To get a 2048x1536 desktop to flop around on. > > I've never seen or heard of a way to get that without using xorg.conf.
I think you would use xrandr to set it, or your desktop environment's GUI settings panel (or equivalent).