Greetings, I'm posting this on behalf of a co-worker who recently installed SuSE 8.2 at home. He loves it except that his desktop is bigger than his display resolution. He hates having to scroll back and forth and up and down. I can't say that I blame him, either. I know this should be easy to fix, but I'm not sure what to look for in which X configuration file. Could someone clue me (us) in? Thanks, Mark Stahlke -- Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Just Say No To Windows (and SCO)
On Monday 16 June 2003 22:12, Mark Stahlke wrote:
Greetings,
I'm posting this on behalf of a co-worker who recently installed SuSE 8.2 at home. He loves it except that his desktop is bigger than his display resolution. He hates having to scroll back and forth and up and down. I can't say that I blame him, either.
I know this should be easy to fix, but I'm not sure what to look for in which X configuration file.
Could someone clue me (us) in?
Thanks, Mark Stahlke -- Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Just Say No To Windows (and SCO) ==================
Mark He should drop down to init 3 and run sax2. He does not need to set a Virtual desktop size, just his main working screen size. Although the Control Center will allow him to make adjustments, it is still better to drop out of X to setup the graphics. Patrick -- --- KMail v1.5.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
I have always used a virtual screen slightly bigger than the my standard 1024 x 768 resolution. This is very convenient for me when I run Windows 98SE as an APPLICATION under Linux with Win4Lin ( no dual-boot for me!! ) There are two cases to consider. Assume that the required resolution is 1024 x 768, and the size including panning is 1152 x 864. Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config, go to the section "Screen" and identify the SubSection with the "Depth" value equal to the "Default Depth", which immediately follows 'Section "Screen" ' Case 1 See if there is a section with a 'virtual' line. This is the setup for an Nvidia card. Remove the "virtual" line. Section "Screen" Default depth 16 ... SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1152 864 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection ... EndSection For other cases the line reads: Section "Screen" Default depth 16 ... SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection ... EndSection Remove the string "1152x864" SaX exhibits all the strengths and weaknesses of a GUI, namely, if the requirement is not preprogrammed, hard luck. Another case is the latency time for three-button simulation. I need 250 milliseconds for the emulation to work properly. Sax has no means of adjusting this value which stays at the default 50 ms. Unfortunately I do not have the dexterity of a concert pianist, so out comes the text editor! Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" ... Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "250" # default "50" ... EndSection Hope this helps On Tuesday 17 June 2003 02:12, Mark Stahlke wrote:
Greetings,
I'm posting this on behalf of a co-worker who recently installed SuSE 8.2 at home. He loves it except that his desktop is bigger than his display resolution. He hates having to scroll back and forth and up and down. I can't say that I blame him, either.
I know this should be easy to fix, but I'm not sure what to look for in which X configuration file.
Could someone clue me (us) in?
Thanks, Mark Stahlke -- Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Just Say No To Windows (and SCO)
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