Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 19:57:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Juan Savioli <jcs@owl.dhi.dk> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Silly question Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960828195444.361I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <96Aug28.092225gmt.39682-1@gateway.dhi.dk>
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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Juan Savioli wrote:
> I installed FreeBSD 2.1 Current and also XFree 86 3.1.2. I am running
> the windows manager fvwm which looks nice together with xdm, which
> I run it from rc.local. I have the problem that my virtual screen is
> much larger that my screen so it is not easy to work there. Do I have
> to change my xf86config file to get it properly, or I have to start
> xdm with some indication about the geometry. One more thing, all thing
> move when I reach one of the borders of the screen, how can avoid this?
In /etc/XF86Config there is a section in the mode definitions that
specifies the desktop area.
In Section "Screen".....
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
Just change the virtual to the same as the resolution you'll be running
in. I use 1024x768 all the time and so set the virtual desktop to that.
For your second item, fvwm supports virutal desktops of it's own. In the
button bar there is a "paging" button -- you can click that to lock onto
the current page. You'll have to twiddle your .fvwmrc to remove the extra
virtual pages.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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