Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA00667; Sat, 2 Dec 95 15:17:09 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA00827; Sat, 2 Dec 95 15:16:06 EST Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA12657 ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:08:53 -0800 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA12192 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:05:53 -0800 Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA12178 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:05:49 -0800 Received: from mocha.eng.umd.edu (mocha.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.16]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7/8.7) with ESMTP id MAA27854; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 12:05:47 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by mocha.eng.umd.edu (8.7.2/8.6.4) id MAA02312; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 12:05:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 12:05:46 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@mocha.eng.umd.edu To: Marc Othersen Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: X-Windows In-Reply-To: <01B9F2EF.735A42C0@meother.wal-mart.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 15 Mar 1995, Marc Othersen wrote: > I am having a bit of trouble configuring X-Windows. My problem is the virtual screen. I want to turn it off! I don't want my screen to scroll anywhere. Anyone know how? Once it is off, how do I change resolutions and color depth? > > Thanks, You should have a XF86Config file in your /etc. That's what you want to edit. Here is a copy of part of mine, where I changed the virtual line to have the same size (1024X768) as the screen, which essentially disables the function: # The Colour SVGA server Section "Screen" Driver "svga" # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256 #Device "Generic VGA" Device "CBR-Journey2" Monitor "CBR-Journey2" Subsection "Display" Depth 8 # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device # Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 # Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA # Virtual 1600 1200 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection > > Marc > > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: