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Date:      Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:54:27 -0800
From:      Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help with X-Window etc.
Message-ID:  <20021120015427.GS29927@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>
In-Reply-To: <20021119234532.GR29927@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:45:32PM -0800, Nathan Kinkade wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:20:32PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 02:55:35PM -0800, Nathan Kinkade wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 04:32:34PM -0600, Earl Larsen wrote:
> > > > When I installed the X-window. The Desktop did not stay within the screan of
> > > > the moniter. How can I fit the hole desktop within the screan?
> > >   if the controls on your monitor won't take care of the problem then
> > >   `man xvidtune`.
> > 
> > Or is the poster referring to the "virtual desktop" feature that
> > allows a desktop bigger than the physical screen dimensions?  This is
> > controlled from the XF86Config file.
> > 
> > Kris
> 
> Good point.  You are probably right.  In that case, take a look at the
> 'Virtual' directive in your XF86Config file (probably
> /etc/X11/XF86Config).  It is located in the Screen subsection of the
> config file.  Basically, X will, by default, give you a virtual
> desktop with as large a resolution as your monitor will support, unless
> you specifically tell it to hold itself to a given resolution with the
> 'Virtual' directive.
> 
> Nathan

Sorry, let me clarify that.  X will give you a virtual desktop as large
as the largest Mode that you have defined in Screen subsection.
However, most X config utils will create a mode for the highest
resolution/color depth possible for your hardware, even if you don't 
choose that as the default setting.

Nathan

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