Changing virtual screen size

2002-06-05 Thread Ross Boylan
When I use ctl-alt-+ to cycle through the modes in XFree86 (v 4.1 on woody) it does not change the virtual desktop size. So when I go from 1152 x 864 to 1024 x 768 some of the virtual desktop doesn't fit, and I have to scroll around. Is there a way to avoid this? I have added

Re: Changing virtual screen size

2002-06-05 Thread Mark Roach
On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 18:59, Ross Boylan wrote: When I use ctl-alt-+ to cycle through the modes in XFree86 (v 4.1 on woody) it does not change the virtual desktop size. So when I go from 1152 x 864 to 1024 x 768 some of the virtual desktop doesn't fit, and I have to scroll around. Is there

Re: Changing virtual screen size

2002-06-05 Thread Mark Roach
On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 18:59, Ross Boylan wrote: When I use ctl-alt-+ to cycle through the modes in XFree86 (v 4.1 on woody) it does not change the virtual desktop size. So when I go from 1152 x 864 to 1024 x 768 some of the virtual desktop doesn't fit, and I have to scroll around. Is there

Re: Changing virtual screen size

2002-06-05 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 05/06/02 Mark Roach did speaketh: AFAIK the virtual size stays the same for the entire X session, only the viewable resolution is changable via the ctrl-alt-+/- key combo. Unless you have a need to change resolution on the fly a lot, you could create two different scripts that invoke X

Re: Changing virtual screen size

2002-06-05 Thread Mark Roach
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 09:50:47PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 05/06/02 Mark Roach did speaketh: AFAIK the virtual size stays the same for the entire X session, only the viewable resolution is changable via the ctrl-alt-+/- key combo. Unless you have a need to change resolution on