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fifafrazer

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Registered: 2008-02-18

Posts: 81

(solved) 2 doblems: xorg desktop size - xfce warnings

I've just installed arch linux on my laptop (Fujitsu amilo pro 3515 with Via VN896 IGP).

I have some problems setting xorg up properly. It is like the desktop is way too big for the screen resolution. The cursor is able to exceed the boundaries of the screen, and maximized windows will be much bigger than the screen size. I'm using xfce4 as window manager. The resolution of the screen is 1280x800, and bitmaps with this resolution perfectly fits the screen, so it's like the size of the desktop is exceeding the screen's resolution. I've tried to set
Virtual 1280 800
within the display subsection, but my problem remains the same.

Here is my xorg.conf file:

 
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "GLcore"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option "XkbLayout" "dk"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
    Option "DPMS"    "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "vesa"
    VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
    BoardName   "Unknown Board"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes "1280x800"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection

The following problem has been solved:
I'm connecting to the network through networkmanager and nm-applet in xfce4, but every time xfce loads, xfce gives me a warning message, telling that it couldn't connect to the network. This happens because nm-applet will resolve a dhcp ip address after xfce is fully loaded (nm-applet is launched via xfce's autostarted applications). How can I disable that warning message?

Last edited by fifafrazer (2008-05-05 15:14:46)

fifafrazer

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Registered: 2008-02-18

Posts: 81

Re: (solved) 2 doblems: xorg desktop size - xfce warnings

the xfce network warning problem was solved by adding my hostname to /etc/hosts.
I don't know if it is an xfce/networkmanager problem, so it should be added to the networkmanager article on the wiki.

The xorg problem was solved by adding DefaultDepth 24 to the screen section.

Last edited by fifafrazer (2008-05-05 15:15:41)

synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

Re: (solved) 2 doblems: xorg desktop size - xfce warnings

The xorg problem was solved by adding DefaultDepth 24 to the screen section.

Best usage of that smiley yet!  hahaha

... glad you fixed it