On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> TheThingThatShouldNotBe Aboleth wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Currently my monitor is set to a very high resolution
> > which works well, but it's only 17" and everything
> > looks kinda small.
> >
> > Apparently the default Virtual Screen Size is maxed
> > out so that when I set the screen size down to
> > something that looks good like 800X600 or 1264X768 (or
> > whatever it is) I still have this huge virtual screen.
> >
> > When I add the Virtual line in XF86Config to tone
> > down the realestate, the KDE menu bars go away!
> >
> > Is there some config setting for KDE that I need to
> > change also?
>
> If you know that you're not going to go back to using the larger
> resolutions, remove them from the same area where you worked with the
> Virtual stuff. By removing the larger resolutions, you'll solve the
> problem of the menubars being non-visible (and solve the Virtual problem
> at the same time)!
>
> Here's the explanation: XFree sees the larger resolutions mentioned in
> that section and figures you want that much screen real estate. When
> you switch resolutions, it figures you still want that real estate, you
> just want a "window" into it. By telling it that you only want the
> smaller resolution, it will get rid of the "window" behavior.
>
You can also go in and edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file
and change the "viewport" option to "0 0" from whatever it
currently is.
John
