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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!admii!cmcl2!missjane.cs.nyu.edu!steinber From: steinber@missjane.cs.nyu.edu (Joseph Steinberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Has anyone done this?! (i.e. HELP?! :) Date: 18 Jul 1995 20:43:00 GMT Organization: New York University Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3uh6ck$6pd@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950624051553.229B-100000@dipity.do.da> <DAtorA.Kpt@curia.ucc.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: missjane.cs.nyu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Comment out all the ModeLines except for the one that you want and set the virtual to the size you want. This is not an optimal solution, but it worked for me. JS Turlough FitzPatrick (turlough@odyssey.ucc.ie) wrote: : In article 100000@dipity.do.da, "D. Dartman" <root@cs.montana.edu> () writes: : > : > : >On Wed, 21 Jun 1995, Marcus I. Ryan wrote: : > : >> I'll start with the quick X-Windows questions. How do I get my desktop size : >> to match my screen size. I can't seem to find a setting to do this anywhere. : >> Although I'm using fvwm, I tried twm and it does the same thing. I have to : >> use my mouse to pan my desktop so I can see all of it. Where is this setting? : > : >This is set in the screens section of /etc/XF86Config : > - Virtual 1024 768 : > : Some times the size of the display can be controlled by the monitor itself. : As far as I know XF86config controls the resolution. If you have a lot of : space on the top/bottom or at the sides of your display try to adjust the : horisontal/vertical shift and size of your monitor. A lot of monitors have : easy to use controls to do this.