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Re: xconf

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Irving)
Wed Nov 18 18:52:11 1998

Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:56:12 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jonathan Irving <Jonathan@browncat.com>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Adam Getchell wrote:

ag> When I startx, I still get a large virtual screen bigger than my physical
ag> screen, and a characteristic flicker.
ag> 
ag> I would like my monitor settings to reflect my true screen size. I'm sort

You can edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and comment out
the "Virtual" lines in the "Display" subsections of the
"Screen" sections.  Then restart X.

cheers
Jonathan


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