In the file /etc/X11/XF86Config find the bit that looks a bit like
this:
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "s"
Monitor "l"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
It's the lines labeled "Modes", you just have to re-arrange them to
start in the resolution you want, if you just want to change
resolution. If you want to change the actual size of the virtual
desktop add a line like
Virtual 800 600
just after the "ViewPort" lines.
Cya John.
Zheng Wang writes:
> Hi, everybody,
> I just installed debian and ran X. The problem I have is that the desktop
> itself is much big than the screen. So if I open a window, this window
> perhaps is not visible at all. I have to move my mouse around to find it.
> I tried Ctrl+alt+"+" (told by Brian). It reduce the font and also the
> visible screen size, but the problem remain unsolved. Does anybody have
> this kind of problem.
>
> Zheng Wang, Ph. D
> Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/~zwang
>
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