malay
10-10-2000, 01:28 AM
I have recently installed REd hat Linux on the second patition of my harddisk. The specs are 810MB with P-III 500. The problem is the that the size of graphical display area is more than that of the desktop area. hence i am unable to see the screen at one go.
how can i reduce the screen size. (i have tried out different resolutions but all gives me the same results.
anybody for help?
regards,
fyddler
10-10-2000, 02:20 AM
Sounds like a virtual desktop problem. When you move the mouse to the edge of the screen does the visible area of the desktop pan with it? If so then the virtual desktop is set larger than your screen resolution.
Usually the setup sets the virtual desktop size to the max size you have available as a screen resolution, but maybe that got hosed somehow. Anyway, there's probably an easier way to do this but, there's a file called
/etc/X11/XF86Config
which windows .ini files are based on. There's a section in there called "Screen" which lists the resolutions you have available to you. Usually there's a few such sections and nowadays you're probably using the "accel" driver if you've got a recent vid card. Check the viewport line for a 0 0, mine looks like this:
# The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64
# I128, and S3V)
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "3Dfx Interactive, Inc.|Voodoo 3"
Monitor "ViewSonic A75f"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
This should remove the virtual desktop "feature." It used to be a cool idea, but it's time has passed IMHO.
-fyddler