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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!swsbe6.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!news.rediris.es!sanson.dit.upm.es!ioda!jmrueda From: jmrueda@diatel.upm.es (Javier Martin Rueda ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Screen larger than monitor size ... Why ? Date: 26 Sep 1996 11:04:30 GMT Organization: Dpt. Ing. Telematica Lines: 11 Message-ID: <52dnvu$o3v@sanson.dit.upm.es> References: <pgn2yi9d50.fsf@theta.Microchip.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: ioda.diatel.upm.es Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] > 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. Then it must be the "virtual" setting in your XF86config file. See if it is enabled. If so, comment it out, although depending on your card, that may not be possible. In that case, make your real screen size match the virtual screen size (choose a video mode with the same resolution).