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RE: screen not updated outside 1680x1050
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-
> owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of FrÃdÃric Bron
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:47 PM
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 1.7.1.0 (10701000)
> Build Date: 2009-11-11
>
> Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>
> XWin was started with the following command line:
>
> XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
>
> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1680 h 1050
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Looks like the system doesn't see your whole resolution at startup. I'd pass "-screen 0 1920x1200" to XWin.exe. I tried this to reduce my screen resolution, and saw things similar to what you describe outside the declared screensize.
HTH,
Mike