walt <w41...@gmail.com> writes:
> On 01/16/2010 01:32 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I hadn't done a full reinstall for a good while, long enough that I
>> missed out on whateve was said about the change over from using
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf to control the X display to whatever does it now.
>>
>> So my first question is what does do it?.. I have a nice desktop but
>> no /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
>>
>> However under the new setup, I'm missing one major thing. It has to
>> do with resolution of the desktop. Using Xfce4, I see no way to
>> adjust the res above 1024x798 using the applet provided for that
>> purpuse, when I'm used to a much more massive size. 2048x1536 that I
>> used to get by puting this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>> Subsection "Display"
>> Depth 24
>> Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>> Virtual 2048 1536
>> ViewPort 0 0
>> EndSubsection
>>
>> I used something this size for years and really do miss it. I like to
>> be able to flop around on the massive deskop.
>>
>> It has a second unintended benefit too... it keeps most people off my
>> computer since slithering around on something that size can be very
>> disconcerting to the uninitiated. I've learned that grand kids really
>> don't like it... hehe.
>
> When they hit their teens they will make sure you don't understand their
> gadgets either.
>
The ones I need to foil are well past there teens... hehe.
