[ltp] Display is more than full size

James Holden linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 16 May 2002 09:41:02 +0100


Quoting Rob Mayoff <mayoff@dqd.com>:

> +---------- On May 15, Thomas Black said:
> > Redhat 7.2 using kde or Gnome both display at somewhere around 150% of
> > screen size.
> > My resolution is set to 640X480 8 bit.
> > I can see the top left part of the screen,  but the rest is beyond the
> > borders of the monitor.
> 
> Find the Screen section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.  See if it
> defines Mode or Virtual (screen size) larger than 640x480.  If so,
> that's your problem.

Yes, that's possible, and you can tell if that's the case because the display 
will scrolll when the mouse meets the edge of the screen.

James

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