Around Mon,Mar 18 2002, at 03:35, Larson, Timothy E., wrote:
> Hi listers,
>
> I spent a little time this past week trying to configure X on my PCP 210.
> I've never used Linux as a desktop before, so this stuff is all pretty new.
> I'm using YDL 2.1 with KDE at the moment, just because that was the default.
> I couldn't find anything in the GUI controls to set the resolution, so I
> read up on XF86Config. Hoo boy...I grok the ideas but it's going to take
> more time to figure it all out.
>
> Basically what seems to be happening is that I have a 640x480 view portal to
> a 1024x768 virtual desktop. Argh, how do I stop it from using a virtual
> desktop? I don't want it sliding around when I mouse to the edge of the
> screen. I want a 1024x768 "real" desktop. Also, I assume it's possible for
> different users to have different resolutions set, but how? Any and all
> help appreciated.
>
Look in: /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
The section for 'Screen' has what you are looking for. The line that
says:
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
defines what order the resolution for X is. You can edit the order if
you like. CTRL-ALT-+ should change the res on the fly.
I believe the first 'mode' is the first one that X tries.
There should also be something about virtual in the Screen section also.
You would want to set that to the same mode that's being used.
If it's already set to display 1024x768 but isn't. Try starting x from
the command line like this:
startx 2> x.log
this will dump all the startup text into the file x.log. You can then
scan through the x.log and see what the problem is. There should be an
entry saying what modelines it found, and which resolution it was using.
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