On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 07:17:37PM +0100, LOPARIC Marko wrote: Just FYI, your fvwm configuration will have no effect on the size of your desktop (real or virtual), or the resolution of your X display.
> 1. Make X start in higher resolution.
This is determined by the Modes line in the Screen section of your
XF86Config file (/etc/X11/XF86Config). For instance, here's one of my
Screen sections (you may have more than one, depending on how many
different X servers you use -- most people need only one, though).
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Monitor "Sony 200sf"
BlankTime 0
DefaultColorDepth 32
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
"512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
"512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1376x1032" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
"512x384"
EndSubSection
EndSection
X will start in the first mode for which it can find a usable Modeline
(defined earlier in the XF86Config file). For me, as you can see, that is
the mode "1376x1032". If for some reason the X server throws away that
modeline (an error message which will go the virtual console you started X
from, or to /var/log/xdm-errors if you're using xdm to start the X server),
it will proceed through the list of Modes until it finds one it can use.
I have not provided the Modelines because they depend somewhat on your
video card, and greatly on your monitor.
If the X server can't use any of your defined Modes, it will exit with an
error and X will not start.
Note how I have a separate subsection for each color depth I can use with
the SVGA X server, and a "DefaultColorDepth" line to set my default to 32
bits per pixel.
> 2. Make xterm font size and window bigger.
You can change xterm's font size on the fly by holding down the control key
and pressing the right mouse button while the pointer is in the xterm
window. This brings up the "VT Fonts" menu.
Other menus are available by holding down control and pressing the left and
middle mouse buttons while in the xterm window.
If you change xterm's font size, it will automatically size the window
to show a complete screen of the current geometry (the default is 80
columns by 24 rows).
You could edit $HOME/.xsession to start xterm with a larger font.
xterm -ls -fn 7x13 -title "medium-size xterm"
xterm -ls -fn 9x15 -title "large-size xterm"
xterm -ls -fn 10x20 -title "really big xterm"
xterm -ls -fn 12x24 -title "freakin' huge xterm"
Alternatively, you could play with some of xterm's X resources (in
$HOME/.Xresources) to change its default font size, but that's a more
sophisticated issue and this mail is too long already.
Careful reading of the man pages for X and xterm will be instructive. Skip
what you don't understand and read carefully the parts you do.
man X
man xterm
> I also wasn't unable to run the fvwmconf module.
>
> Please tell me where I can look for documentation on that topic.
I can't help you with that; I'm an old fogey and edit my fvwm config file
by hand.
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