i'm using slack 8 with gnome, and the desktop just seems to end.


'??????
'??????
'??????
'??????
'??????
'??????
'??????
'??????
'??????
'??????
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''??????
?????????????????????????????
?????????????????????????????
?????????????????????????????
@@@@@@PANEL@@@@@@@
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@


if you can understand my ridiculous ascii, my hat off to you. the ?'s are the neither region, that looks like desktop space, but won't let anything occur there, ie, no box selections or icons. the area within the ? is usable desktop area. the @ is my panel. this is the only way that i could think to explain my problem. any help would be appreciated

arg... it seems as though the spaces before my '? are edited out. now i really don't make any sense at all... if your can... imagine that there is space before all of the '? , that's my desktop.... heh

Is it possibly a refresh rate problem? Have you check that yet you configured your monitor correctly in /etc/X11/XF86Config? Also, have you tried different resolutions? CTRL ALT +/- keys should work a bit.

yes, i'm sure that i have all of those settings correct. it must be something else

Does this only happen with Gnome then? Or is this always happening in X even when using something as simple as twm?

Do you have a guess at what you *might* think it is, that might help someone to visualize your problem better. I picture it completely as a refresh rate problem, but as you said, that's not what it is.

Cool

ah, yes it is only a problem with gnome. i've got the correct refresh rates, and i've managed to get it to run at 1024x768. i'm thinking that maybe the desktop is running at 800x600, and the rest of the system isn't?? that's probably grossly incorrect though. i really have no idea what it could be.