In a message dated 4/8/99 7:32:49 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It depends on what kind of a video card you use. Check out the Linux Laptop > homepage > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ > > For your problem, in your XF86Config, if you have something like > > "640x480" "800x600" > > Then by default XFree86 will use the "640x480" mode and your virtual screen > will be > set to "800x600". > > That is why you are getting a larger screen than you expected. Try to use > ctrl-alt-+ > to see if you can > switch to "800x600". > > Of course if you are using the wrong server, it won't work... > > Thanks for this response, but it doesn't apply in my case. I don't have a virtual screen set up, the only resolution mention in my file is 640x480. The laptop pages don't help - frankly because it isn't an issue with laptops - it's an X server problem. I get the same results using a desktop. The Xservers (or window managers) simply don't stay within the confines of 640x480 resolution - and they should. If I maximize a window, it puts it in the full 640x480 window - so why does X/window-managers put these windows off the screen when the are first painted? That's just sloppy.. I know in most cases I can reposition them, but I shouldn't have to. If I only have 480 pixels high, why does a window pop up that goes beyond this limit? -Jay
