From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: Window virtual larger than physical? Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:22:09 -0500 Message-ID: <4384EB91.8010006@gelm.net> References: <17281.43053.891765.176695@cerise.gclements.plus.com> <43819B47.9040206@leuchtturm-it.de> <17284.35279.681946.957436@cerise.gclements.plus.com> <43849BB6.1050603@gelm.net> <4384A160.1060309@comarre.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4384A160.1060309@comarre.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Ray Olszewski wrote: > chuck gelm wrote: > >> My virtual window is larger than my physical window. >> This is agrevating. I have a fresh install of Slackware v10.2 >> and I am using KDE v3.4. >> >> Is this a Xorg/Xwindow issue or a KDE issue? >> >> I have browsed around the KDE settings and googled, >> but I have found no help. :-| >> >> I ran xorgsetup and choose not to have virtual windows larger, >> yet after a few startx's, the window manager returns to this >> virtual > physical mode. :-| >> >> How do I make my virtual window the same size as my physical window? > > > It's almost surely an X Window issue. Assuming things haven't changed > recently, the virtual X display is always the size of the largest > physical display available. So if (for example) you have your X setup > configured to switch between 640x480 and 1024x768, the virtual display > will be set at 1024x768. > > Are you really saying that right after you run xorgsetup, the virtual > display is (still using my example) 640x480, but that after you've > started X a few times via startx (with the same uid), it switches to > 1024x768 in a 640x480 physical display? Or are you seeing some > different behavior and I am misinterpreting what you wrote? > > You may want to wait a bit to see if someone who knows Slackware 10.2 > can give you specific advice. If nothing comes along, though, you > might post a followup that describes the problem with more specifics. > > I'm a bit new to the xorg version of X myself, but its config file > looks similar to the old XFree86 ones. So if you do repost, please > include: > > A. the "Screen" section > B. the "Server Layout" section > > (or, if your xorg.conf file is as short as mine is, just include the > whole thing). > > You might also want to look at the disgnostics that startx prints to > (I think) STDERR and see what depth/mode combinations it says actually > work with your video card and display. I suppose something might be > changing there, though I'm hard pressed to think of what. Hi, Ray, Paulo, and Stephen: It is XORG related. Paulo: Yes, you guessed correct. I was using xorgconfig and not xorgsetup. I [kind of] fixed part of the problem by editing xorg.conf and removing the "1280x1024" in the 'Modes' lines. Now, I can I have a confortable screen size without scrolling, but only in 1024x768 mode. 800x600 modes has a virtual screen size of ?1024x768? and requires scrolling. My monitor is a ViewSonic G773 and specifications indicate: Fh 30-70 Hz Fv 50-180 Hz 1280x1024 x 66 Hz 1024x 768 x 87 Hz 800 x 600 x110 Hz My video card is nVidia GeForce IV (64MB). I feel that this video card should easily supply the above rates. I still have a larger virtual screen size than physical screen size when using modes 800x600 and 640x480. :-| Here is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf Screen and Server Layout sections: # ********************************************************************** # Screen sections # ********************************************************************** # Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes # the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section # may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen" # option. Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "NVIDIA GeForce" Monitor "My Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection # ********************************************************************** # ServerLayout sections. # ********************************************************************** # Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes # the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout # section may be specified from the X server command line with the # "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used. # When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section # is used alone. Section "ServerLayout" # The Identifier line must be present Identifier "Simple Layout" # Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally # the relative position of other screens. The four names after # primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right # of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the # right of screen 1. Screen "Screen 1" # Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and # optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be # used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and # "SendCoreEvents". InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection ----- Regards, Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs