[ale] XF86Config Screens section & Virtual dimensions

[David S. Jackson]

Hi,

I'm using XFree 4.2 with a Viewsonic 15G and a GeForce2 MX 400 and
nvidia drivers.  All works well, except the virtual screen size is too
large for anything smaller than 1280x1024: it stays at 1280x1024, and I
want it to shrink to 1024x768 if I choose that mode, or 800x600 if I
choose that mode, and so on.  I think the Virtual command is what I want
here, but I'm not sure how to set it up.  Here's how it looks now:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
...
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

The XF86Config manpage says I can put a 'Virtual xdim ydim' right after
Modes.  But how would I format it so the virtual screen doesn't exceed
the size of the viewport?  

TIA!


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David S. Jackson                        dsj at dsj.net
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