I was not speaking of the "modeline" you find in the monitor section, X can find out what is valid by itself (usually:^) -i.e. you can usually remove or comment out all "modeline" lines there- but from the "modes" line in the display subsection of the screen section. There, it suffices to specify what you want in the subsection which has the depth given in the "DefaultDepth" line of the screen section... Lionel --- Maximilian Riesenhuber <max@ai.mit.edu> wrote: > Thanks for your help. I'd love to do that, the problem is that I don't > know what modelines to put in there. I tried copying one for 1600x1200 > but then X complained that it wasn't a valid mode. Any advice on how I > can hack up an appropriate modeline? > > --MAX > > Lionel Lecoq wrote: > > > > In spite of your previous answer I would definitely try specifying a mode other than default > in > > the display subsection > > Lionel > > --- Maximilian Riesenhuber <max@ai.mit.edu> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm running (or trying to get to run...) RH7.2 on a ThinkPad A31p. Since > > > the ATI Mobility 7800 is not supported, I installed the framebuffer > > > driver, which comes up fine (running in vesa mode 884, 1600x1200, 16 > > > bpp). However, it gives me a gigantic virtual desktop, something like > > > 1600x6000 or so. I've tried putting "Virtual 0 0" or Virtual "1600 1200" > > > in my XF86Config, but it doesn't have any effect. I'm using Modes > > > "default". > > > > > > Is there any other way of setting the desktop size? Could these problems > > > have something to do with my installing XFree4.2 first, and then the > > > 3.3.6 FBDev? > > > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > > --MAX > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > Maximilian Riesenhuber e-mail: max@ai.mit.edu > > > Center for Biological & Computational Learning phone: (617) 258-0725 > > > Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E25-213a fax: (617) 253-2964 > > > 45 Carleton St. > > > Cambridge, MA 02142 http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/max > > > ********************************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > > http://launch.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > -- > > ********************************************************************** > Maximilian Riesenhuber e-mail: max@ai.mit.edu > Center for Biological & Computational Learning phone: (617) 258-0725 > Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E25-213a fax: (617) 253-2964 > 45 Carleton St. > Cambridge, MA 02142 http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/max > ********************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
