From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Sep 5 3:21:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from uranus.interscope.ro (ns.interscope.ro [193.226.188.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE05B37B423 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 03:21:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by URANUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:20:20 +0300 Message-ID: From: Stefan KORONKA To: "'manda@email.arizona.edu'" Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: KDE !! Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:20:11 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: manda@email.arizona.edu [mailto:manda@email.arizona.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 1:10 PM > To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: KDE !! > > > > Hi, > > I am having problems with the x-windows width & height ... > Like I need to > take my mouse way below in order to get to the start menu etc > etc ... Further > the default width of the desktop is larger than the screen. > Is there any > way to > fix this problem. I am using KDE for desktop management and > my XF86Config > is > a copy of the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.eg > If I understood correctly, then your problem is generated by the fact that you choose multiple resolution for X (or there are multiple resolution defined in XF86Config.eg). So, the current resolution (width of screen) is the smallest, but the logical resolution (width of desktop) is the higher. You have 2 solution: 1. by pressing <+> or <-> you can increase/decrease the physical resolution of the scrren (+ and - from the num pad); 2. reconfigure the X (run XF86Config, and change only the resolution - select only one resolution, but make sure that your videocard/monitor support that res) Stefan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message