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From: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Screen larger than monitor size ... Why ?
Date: 23 Sep 1996 23:04:47 GMT
Organization: CICDO
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In article <525q0l$rt@anorak.coverform.lan>,
Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Vineet Pancholi (pancholi@theta.Microchip.COM) wrote:
>: Hello,
>
>: I have been enjoying my FreeBSD rev 2.1.0. with Xfree86. Everything is
>: good, but for the screen.
>
>: I have a 17 inch monitor. But the mouse can be moved beyond the bottom
>: right corner, and it appears as if the screen is actually larger than
>: the size of the monitor.
>
>: No. I am not talking about virtual screens of my FVWM2. 
>
>: Please ask me another question, if this makes little sense. ( ie. if I
>: am not describing my problem well enough ...)
>
>Is your mouse cursor disappearing off the bottom of the screen ?  If so,
>you can try adjusting your monitor using the physical knobs & dials.
>You may be able to do smart things with mode lines, but I have nowhere
>near enough savvy to suggest what to do with them :(  Sorry.

Tweek your xconfiguration... there is a virtual screen size
determined by your configuration.  fvwm can create ANOTHER virtual on
top of that!

--don