Virtual screen size means although your monitor is set to - let's say -
800x600 the desktop looks like 1024x768. It scrolls on its own accord as
soon as the mouse reaches the edge of the real screen.You can set this up
via /etc/X11/XF86Config, Screen Sections, Section "Screen", Subsection
"Display", Virtual, or by adding the resolution to the 'modes' line in the
same section. If you want to get rid of it, comment or remove these
settings.
If your XF86Config supplies different resolution settings, X will always
start with the first value. Within X you can switch resolutions by pressing
CTRL-ALT-- or CTRL-ALT-+. (quoted from www.mandrakeuser.org)
Matt
>From: Ty Mixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Using Xwindows after install
>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:55:23 GMT
>
>startx is the command to issue at the command line. I have no idea
>how to go about changing the resolution.
>Speaking of which . . . I just installed 6.1, and had a few problems
>which I'll detail in another e-mail, but what I'd like to know now is
>how do I get it so that my desktop fits my screen (it's too big) and
>how do I get my backspace key to work like a backspace key?! Right
>now it acts like a delete key. THAT bugs me more than anything else
>right now. Sigh . . .
>Hope I helped, and TIA to others!
>
>--
>Ty Mixon
>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>ICQ: 26147713
>
>
>Original Message dated 10/13/99, 9:59:45 PM
>Author: "JR Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Re: [newbie] Using Xwindows after install:
>
>
>I installed Linux Mandrake for the first time a few weeks ago. I had
>it autoload X windows. When it loaded, the screen res was so low, I
>couldn't even use it. I reinstalled it again, but now I don't have it
>autoload Xwindows, and I can't even figure out how to load it.
>
>Soooooo...two questions.
>
>1) How do you load Xwindows from the text part of Linux.
>
>2) How do you set the screen res in X windows (It was so big that I
>couldn't even read the whole menu when I right clicked, must of been
>like 320x480 or so.
>
>
>
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