Re: perhaps a silly question

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On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 12:44:23AM -0700, Matthew McGraw wrote:
> i had to run the shell-script based setup of xfree86
> b/c the graphical one didn't work.  now, whenever i
> start x... the desktop is bigger than my monitor...
> when i move my mouse to the edge of the screen, it
> pans...  is this an xFree86 setting (if so, how do i
> "unset" it.) or a kde setting (if so, sorry to bug you
> all)

If the maximum screen size that the hardware can do is less than the
maximum screen size on your config file, this will happen.  Check
(probably) /etc/XF86Config(-4), and trim out any screen size
descriptors that are larger than you're getting out of the video card.

Cheers,
-- jra
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