Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 08:07:07 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: X + AfterStep questions Message-ID: <XFMail.980121081651.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980120182610.25390A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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Cliff,
I can't answer them all, but I can do parts!
On 20-Jan-98 Cliff Addy wrote:
>3) I'm having no luck setting the desktop size. It starts up in
>1600x1280, I'd like 1280x1024. I can use xvidtune to set the resolution
>to 1280x1024, but the desktop remains 1600x1280. Kinda cool, but not what
>I want. Afterstep mentions "turning off" XFree86's virtual desktop, but I
>can't find how to do this. XF86Config doesn't seem to be what I want for
>this.
In your /etc/XF86Config, you will have a Virtual entry. Simply comment it out
or delete it. Also, in the "Screen" section that deals with your video card
(mine is SVGA), you can set the sizes you want availible. My line looks like
this:
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
"640x400" "512x384" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
Since 1280x1024 is listed first, that's what I'll get if my monitor and card
can handle it. If they cant, you'll get a weird picture or the monitor will go
black. Since you can handle 1600x1280, you shouldn't have any problems.
You can switch between these resolutions on the fly using CTRL ALT + (the + is
the opne on the keypad.) CTRL ALT -
>4) AfterStep appears to use "xv" to set the desktop bitmap. However, this
>app does not appear to be installed and I can't find it in the ports tree.
>What is it and where can I get it?
It was in the ports tree! It's shareware for anything except personal use, so
it may have been moved to commercial tree. You can get the latest distribution
via anonymous ftp from ftp.cis.upenn.edu in the directory pub/xv.
>
>5) Is there an office productivity suite or a word processor and
>spreadsheet. I seem to remember something called "Star Office" but can't
>find it.
That's in the ports tree: /usr/ports/editors/staroffice. It's big (35Megs)
and needs the linux emulation enabled. I like it a lot!
>Thanks for any help you can give. If I can get out of NT altogether, I'll
>be a happy camper.
Amen, brother!
Patrick
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