gnome question

[paully1]

Ok this is driving me crazy. I chose virtual desktops during the xf86config but I didnt think it would be like this. So I setup workspaces in saw* which is what I wanted, so how can I get my screen back to normal size so I dont have to scroll 5 miles to the other side.

thanks
paul

[A_Lawn_GNOME]

Run xf86config again and DON'T choose virtual desktops.

Sawmill doesn't even touch that problem nor does GNOME. Only XFree handles that.

[Unruly]

yeah, do the above, and if you want virtual workspaces, jump into the sawfish configuration menu, and play around with the virtual desktops stuff...

[paully1]

Originally posted by Unruly:
yeah, do the above, and if you want virtual workspaces, jump into the sawfish configuration menu, and play around with the virtual desktops stuff...

I went thru XF86 config again answered no this time to the virtual desktop and it's still huge. The weird thing was it wouldnt let me run the config as root. It said command not found but it let me run it under my user account. Even though I ran it under a user account it should still take it right?

[Unruly]

correct, it should configure X for you... I think... try doing a "locate xf86config" finding the executable, and running it by typing the full path when you're root

[BruceJ]

1. Exit X-Windows

2. As root, go to /etc/X11

3. Open the XF86Config file in an editor

4. Scroll to the bottom

5. There will be entries there for your display resolution... remove the resoultions that you don't want, i.e.:

If the line says:

"800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"

and you want only "1024x768" then the line now reads:

"1024x768"


There are two entries for this that you'll need to change.

Basically, the first item on the line is the resoltion X will start in... the last item is the size of the virtual desktop.

There's also another setting in there called 'Desktop Size' or something like that... make sure it is: 0 0

6. Save the modifications, exit, and restart X.

NOTE: There may be an XF86Config-4 file in the /etc/X11... if you're running XFree4 then you'll beed to edit that, too.


Cheers,

-Bruce