RE: [newbie] screen size

[Bill Moshier]

Ed - In the /etc/XF86Config file, down near the bottom of the file,
is the "Screen" subsection.  Within that subsection are definitions
for the various video modes.  If you look at each, there is probably
a 'viewport  x y' line.  If you set the x, and y to both be 0, you 
will disable the viewport capability - the ability to have a larger
display than will physically fit on the screen.

Bill

-Original Message-
From: Ed Santiago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 11:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] screen size


I am running Linux Mandrake 6.0 with the 2.2.9-27 kernel. Everything
seems to work fine but I have this question. The same that many others
have had.
I want to run my video at 800X 600 but it doesnt fit the screen. I have
to use the mouse to move the screen around to see all of the desktop. I
have to run at 1024X 786 in order to view the whole desktop. I have
rerun the Xconfigurator and I still have the same thing.
I use KDE almost exclusively.
I have a 17" monitor.
I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVIA TNT 16mb (PCI) video card.

I use the Xconfigurator RIVIA TNT driver.
I choose the 800 X 600 and the 1024 X 786 at 24bit
I can switch between the two by clt alt + with no problems
I have no problem getting into console mode and running Xconfigurator.
But what do I need to do in order to make the 800 X 600 fit the screen?

Thanks in advance,
Ed Santiago

Re: [newbie] screen size

[Matt Stegman]

I agree- that whole desktop-bigger-than-the-screen thing bugs me, too.
You can get around it by making sure you either don't have a "Viewport"
section or commenting said section out (by starting the line with a pound
sign: Shift-3).

The other problem is that it sounds like you have 2 resolutions defined in
XF86Config:

 I use the Xconfigurator RIVIA TNT driver.
 I choose the 800 X 600 and the 1024 X 786 at 24bit
 I can switch between the two by clt alt + with no problems

When X starts up, it reads the section applying to the chosen color depth,
and then sets the desktop size to the largest resolution present.  Thus,
if you have listed "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" then your
desktop size will be 1280 pixels by 1024 pixels.  When you change
resolutions by Ctrl-Alt-+ (or minus) your desktop size will not change.
As far as I can tell, there is no way around this.  This will happen,
regardless of your "Viewport" settings.  

-Matt Stegman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Ed Santiago wrote:

 I am running Linux Mandrake 6.0 with the 2.2.9-27 kernel. Everything
 seems to work fine but I have this question. The same that many others
 have had.
 I want to run my video at 800X 600 but it doesnt fit the screen. I have
 to use the mouse to move the screen around to see all of the desktop. I
 have to run at 1024X 786 in order to view the whole desktop. I have
 rerun the Xconfigurator and I still have the same thing.
 I use KDE almost exclusively.
 I have a 17" monitor.
 I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVIA TNT 16mb (PCI) video card.
 
 I have no problem getting into console mode and running Xconfigurator.
 But what do I need to do in order to make the 800 X 600 fit the screen?
 
 Thanks in advance,
 Ed Santiago