sean gibbins wrote:
> I now appear to have a functional X windows running on my
> laptop, with one small problem: I appear to have acquired a
> virtual rather than actual desktop. By this I mean I can
> see approximately one quarter of the desktop, and can
> navigate to the remaining three quarters using the mouse to
> move the aperture with which I view the desktop.
>
> I can see no virtual desktop specified in the XF86Config
> file, and was wondering if anyone can suggest how I can get
> back to a 1024x768 desktop that is viewable all over?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean
Sean....In your /etc/X11/XF86Config file in the Screen
sections part each of the different color depths has a list
of resolutions (the below example is from my computer). Mine
(below) are listed largest to smallest. Yours are probably
listed smallest to largest. Edit the file and change the
order to largest to smallest and your problem should go away.
--
Alan
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "Voodoo3 (generic)"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
