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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 19:57:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Juan Savioli <jcs@owl.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