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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 01:07:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu>
To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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Subject: Re: X-Windows desktop is larger than my screen.
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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 11:14:12PM -0500, Geoffrey Robinson wrote:
> > When I run X-windows the desktop is a few lines longer than my screen,
> > so the bottom portion is cut off and inaccessible with the mouse. I've
> > run XF86Config several times and tried a number of different settings
> > but it doesn't make any difference. How can I change the
> > resolution/desktop size?
> 
> What do you mean by the desktop?  What window manager are you running?
> What resolution? 
> 
I guess he meant the virtual desktop is actually bigger than his screen.
Just change the settings about virtual desktop to not bigger than screen. 
You should see the option when you do xwindows setup. 

good luck

wei