[ale] Ubuntu partition editor problem

Jim ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com
Thu Feb 1 13:18:07 EST 2007


JK wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>
>   
>> I wanted to test out Ubuntu on a system with 3 drive and a bunch of 
>> partitions.  Unfortunately the disk partitioner does not have a scroll 
>> bar and the list was longer than the screen is tall so I couldn't get to 
>> part of the window.  Kinda important part since it had the 
>> cancel/back/next buttons.  Anyway I went into /etc/X11/xorg.conf and 
>> increased the resolution to 1268x1024 with appropriate changes to the 
>> horizontal and vertical speeds.  A C-A-BS brought me into the larger 
>> resolution where I could see the entire window. 
>>     
>
> XFree86 would scroll the screen across the desktop when
> the mouse hit the screen edge, if the desktop was larger
> than the screen. Does xorg not do that?
>
> Also, FYI, in all the distros I've used, Ctrl-left-click
> in a window would grab the window so you could drag
> it around and make the off-screen part visible.
>
> -- JK
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IIRC that works if you have a virtual desktop larger than the physical 
one, but it's been a while.

I've never tried that keyboard trick.  I'll have to see.  I know the 
normal move won't let you move the top of a window above the top of the 
screen.

Thanks,
Jim.



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