Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3653 mails)

[Alexandr Malusek <Alexandr.Malusek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

gilson redrick <gilsonr@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>      In my case, when I installed this S-7.3, I chose to have three
> resolutions: 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480. YaST2, in its infinite
> wisdom, decided that 1027x768 should be the default resolution, so
> the image fits perfectly the display, but the other two do exactly
> what you describe: I have to use the mouse to move the image one way
> or the other (or both, vertically and horizonatlly) if I want to see
> the whole image.
>      I'd love to have the 800x600 and 640x480 filling the display
> just as well as 1024x768, but I don't know how. Maybe it's not
> techinically possible.

IMHO it's not possible with XFree86. As you have found out: Virtual
screen resolution cannot be changed without restarting the X-server
and is set, by default, to fit all configured video modes.

But if I understand it right, this is not related to the original
problem.

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