Re: X window too big
thanks, this helped some, but hasn't resolved the whole problem : In a message dated 1/4/2001 10:22:57 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >From a xterm run xwininfo and click on the main window, this will give you the resolution that it is running at. Try ctrl-alt-numpad- till you get to the resolution that you want to be at. Odds are it will still look bad not to worry. WHAT IS THIS 'NUMPAD" From the xterm run xvidtune click OK on the scary message. Click on show and make a note of the modline it returns. Now use a combo of the vidtune controls and your monitors onscreen contorls to get it to look like you want it to no rolling flickering and that kind of stuff. Click on show again and it should give you a different modline. Now in your sf86config file find the modline that matches the first one and replace it with the second one. That should take care of it. IN THE MONITOR SECTION OF THE XCONFIG FILE THERE ARE TOO MANY MODE LINES. I CHANGED ONLY THE MODE LINES OF THE SCREEN SECTION TO 640x480 THIS DID FIT IN THE MAIN WINDOW IN THE MONITOR. BUT AFTER THAT ANY OTHER WINDOW I OPEN, HAS THE SAME SIZE AS BEFORE. FOR EG, WHEN I OPEN gmc, THAT WINDOW IS 647x360 Is there a way to take care of all the windows ? thanks.
Re: X window too big
>From a xterm run xwininfo and click on the main window, this will give you the resolution that it is running at. Try ctrl-alt-numpad- till you get to the resolution that you want to be at. Odds are it will still look bad not to worry. From the xterm run xvidtune click OK on the scary message. Click on show and make a note of the modline it returns. Now use a combo of the vidtune controls and your monitors onscreen contorls to get it to look like you want it to no rolling flickering and that kind of stuff. Click on show again and it should give you a different modline. Now in your sf86config file find the modline that matches the first one and replace it with the second one. That should take care of it. -- Original Message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:45:49 EST > >> In the default screen I got after installing debian2.2r2, the screen is >>huge. Actually it is just >>four times the size of my monitor screen and I have to >>move around the whole X screen using the mouse. So >>when I open a new window, I have to look around the >>other 3/4 of the screen to see where it opened. >>Any idea why this happened and how to rectify. >>thanks. > > nitai > >I was suggested two solutions for the above problem : > >1. comment out the Virtual line in the Screen section. > 2. put a virtual line with the mode I want. > > both these two failed to work. > >I have 4 screen section for VGA server, SVGA server, Monochrome server >and Acclerated server. during Xconfiguration I chose the SVGA and that >subsection doesn't have any virtual statement. Still I tried both the >above methods. none worked. > > I have NVIDIA Riva TNT2 video card with 32 MB ram. >please help, if you have any guess about the source of this problem. thanks. > nitai > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
X window too big
> In the default screen I got after installing debian2.2r2, the screen is >huge. Actually it is just >four times the size of my monitor screen and I have to >move around the whole X screen using the mouse. So >when I open a new window, I have to look around the >other 3/4 of the screen to see where it opened. >Any idea why this happened and how to rectify. >thanks. > nitai I was suggested two solutions for the above problem : 1. comment out the Virtual line in the Screen section. 2. put a virtual line with the mode I want. both these two failed to work. I have 4 screen section for VGA server, SVGA server, Monochrome server and Acclerated server. during Xconfiguration I chose the SVGA and that subsection doesn't have any virtual statement. Still I tried both the above methods. none worked. I have NVIDIA Riva TNT2 video card with 32 MB ram. please help, if you have any guess about the source of this problem. thanks. nitai
Re: X window too big
On 4 Jan, Hall Stevenson wrote: >> In the default screen I got after installing debian2.2r2, >> the screen is huge. Actually it is just four times the >> size of my monitor screen and I have to move around >> the whole X screen using the mouse. So >> when I open a new window, I have to look around the >> other 3/4 of the screen to see where it opened. >> Any idea why this happened and how to rectify. > > Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config (possibly XF86Config-4) file. In the > 'Section "Screen"' part, look for a line starting with "virtual" and put > a "#" in front of it. If your screen is really 4x bigger, the numbers > following "virtual" will be 4x the resolution that's noted in a line > above or below. > > Good luck > Hall > If there is no "Virtual" line, the default is the same size as the largest mode listed, which may not be the mode which X starts in. If this is the case you can change the order of the modes in XF86Config to start in the largest mode or add a "Virtual" line to match the mode which you prefer. -Chris | Christopher Judd, Ph. D. | | Research Scientist | | NYS Dept. of Health [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Wadsworth Center - ESP | | P. O. Box 509518 486-7829 | | Albany, NY 12201-0509 |
Re: X window too big
> In the default screen I got after installing debian2.2r2, > the screen is huge. Actually it is just four times the > size of my monitor screen and I have to move around > the whole X screen using the mouse. So > when I open a new window, I have to look around the > other 3/4 of the screen to see where it opened. > Any idea why this happened and how to rectify. Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config (possibly XF86Config-4) file. In the 'Section "Screen"' part, look for a line starting with "virtual" and put a "#" in front of it. If your screen is really 4x bigger, the numbers following "virtual" will be 4x the resolution that's noted in a line above or below. Good luck Hall
X window too big
thanks for all the help with the mouse and video card configuration. In the default screen I got after installing debian2.2r2, the screen is huge. Actually it is just four times the size of my monitor screen and I have to move around the whole X screen using the mouse. So when I open a new window, I have to look around the other 3/4 of the screen to see where it opened. Any idea why this happened and how to rectify. thanks. nitai
