[ale] XFree86 "virtual size"

Michael D. Hirsch mhirsch at nubridges.com
Mon Sep 27 10:14:38 EDT 2004


On Sunday 26 September 2004 04:59 pm, David Corbin wrote:
> On Sunday 26 September 2004 03:56 pm, David Corbin wrote:
> > I'm trying to get my WUXGA display to show at the highest resolution.  (I
> > only just realized I've been using it for months at less than full).  The
> > XFree86.0.log file has the following line in it:
> >
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1920x1200" (width too large for virtual
> > size)
>
> (continued) And I cannot find out how I control the "virtual size".

That's pretty strange.  For me, unless I explicitly set the virtual size in my 
XF86Config, the virtual size is equal to the screen size.  I've never seen it 
any other way.  I assume you've checked for that.

Michael



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