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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!rtd.com!dgy 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 Lines: 27 Message-ID: <52752f$kq3@baygull.rtd.com> References: <pgn2yi9d50.fsf@theta.Microchip.COM> <525q0l$rt@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: seagull.rtd.com 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