nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf Delete the lines that refer to Virtual Screens and their sizes. save exit init 6(if your running XDM, otherwise go back to X if you ever left it and press ctrl+alt+backspace, then type startx) Problem solved.
On 10/20/05, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 07:59:29PM -0600, Stephen Ward wrote: > > Disclaimer: I don't really know what I'm doing. :) > > Unlike me, you admit it. > > > > > Issue: I have an nForce motherboard with a built-in GeForce 3d > > accelerator. Without having installed the nvidia display drivers, I > > was getting weird (annoying) flickering on my screen when running my X > > server (XFree86, on debian). > > > > So I downloaded and installed the nvidia drivers and made sure Load > > "glx" was included in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Now when I start my X > > server, I get no flickers (yay!) and I get nice framerates with > > glxgears (yay!), but I also get a nasty resolution/scrolling problem > > that I can't solve and is driving me nuts. > > > > My X server seems to be running at a higher resolution than the > > resolution of my monitor. Certain parts of the desktop are off the > > screen and in order to view them I have to move my mouse to the edge > > of the screen and the whole desktop starts to scroll. Arg! I know my > > monitor can handle a higher resolution than this, but how do I let my > > display subsystem know this? I didn't have this problem until I > > installed nvidia. :( > > Here's the deal. You have a physical screen, the monitor; and a > virtual screen, in memory in the video card. If the virtual screen is > larger than the monitor can handle, the video card selects a portion > of the virtual screen to ship out to the monitor. > > But all the software (X, etc.) sees the virtual screen. So stuff that > is visible on the virtual screen may not be visible on the physical > screen. To work with this, you can pan around in the virtual screen by > moving the rodent pointer to any of the four edges of the physical > screen, as you've already found. > > You may have multiple ratios between the physical and virtual > screens. If the ratio is 1:1, which is what you are used to, then > there is no panning. To toggle between ratios, use CTL-ALT-+ and > CTL-ALT-- on the numeric pad. > > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
