Just remove the virtual resolution option from the XF86Config file.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lionel Lecoq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Newbie]Screen size varies with resolution


> I have experienced the same problem: the virtual
> resolution sets itself by default to the maximum
> resolution defined in the mode lines (with me it's
> worse than with you: I cannot reach the part of the
> screen which don't show!)
> I have not found an elegant solution and have resorted
> to having a couple of XF86Config files each with just
> one resolution and specifying the file on invoking
> startx, real ugly but it works...
> I will try to improve a bit by defining a couple of
> layouts and having each of them refer to a screen with
> just one resolution...
> Another possibility would probably be to have
> different depths for different subsections display and
> then specify the depth when invoking startx
> none of these solutions is really satisfactory.
> I hope someone with more expertise will give us the
> ultimate solution...
> in spite of it all
> Cheers
> Lionel
> --- -= Gytis Raciukaitis =- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hello David,
> >
> > Wednesday, October 03, 2001, 8:09:44 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > DS> I'm using a GeForce 3 card with the latest (ver
> > DS> 1.0-1541) NVIDIA driver running under Red
> > DS> Hat Linux 7.1 (XFree86 ver 4.0.3). The driver
> > DS> loads fine (log file indicates no errors) but
> > DS> in all resolutions except 1600x1200
> > DS> the image size is much larger than the physical
> > DS> screen (which is 21") so that you only see a
> > DS> portion - although you can 'scroll' (by moving
> > the
> > DS> mouse) to the hidden portions. In 1600x1200 the
> > DS> size is fine but the fonts are almost too small
> > DS> to read. Suggestions please.
> >
> > Seems to me you have the virtual resolution greater
> > than the physical.
> > Look at the XF86Config file.
> >
> >
> > Gytis Raciukaitis
> >
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