SuSE Linux: All versions
First search for the following section concerning the screen (mostly located at the bottom of the file):
Section "Screen" Driver "SVGA" ... SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" Virtual 1280 1024 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" Virtual 1280 1024 EndSubSection EndSectionThe statement
Virtual
in the subsection "Display" defines
the size of the virtual screen. Simply delete or disable this line
with # at the beginning of the line if you do not want any virtual
screen.In old XFree86 versions (< 3.2 ), xf86config inserts automatically a virtual line.
In spite of having deleted the statement mentioned above, you can still have a virtual desktop if you are not working with the highest possible preset screen resolution.
In the screen section above, 5 different screen resolutions are available (if supported by the graphics card and the x server). These resolutions can be found in the line "modes":
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400"If you want to start the x server with a 1024x768 resolution as default setting, the modes line has to be like this:
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "1280x1024"If the x server is started with this setting, you will have a virtual screen with a 1280x1024 pixel size, even though you are working with a 1024x768 resolution "only". The reason for this is that the size of the x server screen is always the highest resolution available.
Thus, if you want to work with a 1024x768 resolution WITHOUT a virtual desktop, the modes line must be:
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400"That is, the rest of resolutions must be smaller than 1024x768 pixel.