Brian Troutwine <goofy_headed_punk@msn.com> writes:


> I've looked at a lot of material to try and fix this myself, but most
> people just suggest to run XF86config again, or use some KDE wizard. Like
> I've said before XF86config doesn't give the option anymore, and I use
> fluxbox. I have tried increasing the screen resolution with
> crtl+alt+num+/-, and the virtual desktop disappears at the highest
> resolution, which is far to tiny for me. Any help is appreciated, as my
> eyesight is pretty good now and I'd like to keep it like that.
>
> (By the way my distro is Slack 9.1, but this is a disto neutral question I
> believe. If I've posted in the wrong place I would appreciate guidance to
> the correct place to do so.)

Hmmmm. I run Slack--Current and if hotplugging is selected, for my machine
anyway, X is automagically configured.

I might suggest that you try installing --current.

Or with 9.1 I believe the question you may be missing is "Do you want a
DeskTop larger than your screen?'' or something very similar. It pops up
when you change the video modes if I remember correctly.

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