From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 15:40:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4D2037B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:40:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from shipka.solar.com.br (shipka.solar.com.br [200.199.212.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 283F843E6E for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:40:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bbrummer@solar.com.br) Received: (qmail 29769 invoked from network); 21 Nov 2002 21:39:55 -0200 Received: from 200-181-94-107-bsace7011.dsl.telebrasilia.net.br (HELO compaq) (200.181.94.107) by shipka.solar.com.br with SMTP; 21 Nov 2002 21:39:55 -0200 Reply-To: From: "Bernardo M. Brummer" To: Cc: "John Bleichert" Subject: Re: XFree86 Problem: Cannot Disable Virtual Desktop Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:39:56 -0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It's a little tricky, but I did it this way: used the graphic xf86cfg (or something like that), there I went to video modes, it opens quite a big chart where you can find depth and video modes options. A few tries and I got 1150x980 (or something like) with 15bits, which I liked better than 1280x1024 and 1024x768 in my 17´ screen, with an ATI Rage 32MB. There must be a better way, but this worked for me. Good luck, Bernardo Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 20:24:42 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert Subject: Re: XFree86 Problem: Cannot Disable Virtual Desktop On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Scott R. wrote: > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:07:05 -0800 > From: Scott R. > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: XFree86 Problem: Cannot Disable Virtual Desktop > > [I am not subscribed to this list, so please cc: me in any replies. > Thank you.] > > For the past couple of days, I have been trying to find something, > *somewhere* that would tell me how to make my desktop the same size as > my screen. Right now, the virtual desktop is roughly twice the size of > my screen. I generated my XF86Config file using 'xf86config'. In the > past (in version 4.2.0, for example), there was a question in there that > asked "would you like your desktop to be larger than your screen (y/n)?" > (or something along those lines), but, this time through, the question > was not there and I cannot for the life of me find anything in > XF86Config, the manpage, the list archives or google to help me out. > Can anyone give me a clue? > > This is XFree86 4.2.1 on FreeBSD 5.0-DP2. Please let me know if you > need more information. > > Thanks in advance, > Scott > I can't help directly, but have a suggestion. If you have multiple resolutions set you can switch between them with alt+ctrl+[+|-] (plus or minus sign on the numpad). I have some hardware at work that was a real PITA to get working with X and I never solved the problem you're having. However, by loading X, then switching through the resolutions as above, I could get the right resolution to fit on the screen. I can't explain it, but it works. It's not tidy, but it does work. Does that work for you? # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message