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From: Tony Harverson <tony@hornet.netac.co.za>
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Subject: Re: How to disable virtual screen?
To: binhdo@cs.ubc.ca (Binh Do)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:16:21 +0200 (SAT)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <31033082.167EB0E7@cs.ubc.ca> from "Binh Do" at Jan 21, 96 10:36:50 pm
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> 
> I start using 'fvwm' and its manpage suggests that novice users should
> disable the virtual screen to the physical one (later we can enable it).
> How can I do it? Thank you.
In you Xf86 config file, you'll have a definition that reads something
like :

 Monitor     "Acer 33d"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
        # Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
        Virtual     1152 900
    EndSubsection

Note the 'virtual' keyword. This means that your desktop will be
bigger than your actual screen.  comment out this directive (as in :

#        Virtual     1152 900 
and the virtual screen should stop happening)

Make sure to comment the virtual directive in *all* the screen modes
you are using - so that if you switch between modes using
ctrl-alt-plus, no virtual screen appears.

Good luck

Tony

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