Von: Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>yOn Mon, 31 May 1999, moron wrote: > >> XF86Setup. I've configured things for 1024*768, 800*600 and 640*480. >> Whichever of the modes (is that the right word?) I'm in, the screen size >> stays at 1024*768. If, for example, I'm in 640*480, my physical screen >> displays 5/8 (okay, 25/64) of the available image, and I can pan around to >> see the rest. Is this what should happen? >> If so, is there another way to configure it so that the available image >> just fills the visible screen and no more? > >In the XF86Config file, in Section "Screen", add a "Virtual" parameter to >each subsection, and set it to the max res for that subsection. > >eg: > > >Section "Screen" > Subsection "Display" > Virtual 1024 768 > Subsection "Display" > Virtual 800 600 I've got a dozen 'Subsection "Display"' entries - under Driver Accel, Driver SVGA, Driver VGA16 and Driver VGA2. In each case there is one line: Modes "1024*768" "800*600" "640*480" If I split the line or insert eg 'Virtual 800 600' in the middle, I get an error message when I 'startx'. So can you tell me where I put these lines? >> If not, does anybody know what I might have done wrong? Incidentally, >> there is a noticeable (livable with, but perhaps indicative of error) chunk >> of blank (black) on the left of the screen, although XF86Setup itself filled >> the screen perfectly. > >For some reason I avoided xvidtune for years, but it actually works fine: > For some reason? It says that if you don't know what you're doing, forget it, or you may damage your hardware. I certainly don't know what I'm doing. >/usr/X11R6/man/man1/xvidtune.1x.gz > >...RickM... >