[plug] virtual screen size

Rob Hall rob at hcm.iinet.net.au
Wed Feb 3 09:04:15 WST 1999


Speakin of screen sizes...

I am running KDE.  When I press ctl alt + or ctl alt - nothing hapens.  I
have 3 different modes in X86Config.  Does KDE disable this function?

Regards,


Rob Hall


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of Matt Kemner
> Sent: 03 February 1999 08:32
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] virtual screen size
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 mike at tnet.com.au wrote:
> >
> > > I am having some problems with X.  I am trying to get X to just use my
> > > screen size without having a virtual screen larger than the
> screen size.
>
> On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, ray gerhard replied:
>
> > and comment out (ie: put a # at the start of the line) anything with the
> > word "Virtual" in the line.
>
> And under section "Screen"
> wherever you have "Modes", you need to make sure you remove any modes
> higher than the one you're using..
> eg. if you're running at 800x600 and the modes say:
> 	Modes	"800x600" "1024x768" "1152x900"
> or something like that, delete the "1024x768" and "1152x900" because
> X will set your virtual screen to the largest mode there (so you can
> Control-ALT-+ to them and back without losing any of your desktop)
>
> - Matt
>
> P.S. this very question came up less than 3 weeks ago - check the archives
> at:
>
http://www.cantech.net.au/plug/01-1999/255.html
(that's the question, the next 3 messages are replies)



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