GDM resolution/virtual screen too big

Well, I got GDM to load on bootup, but whenever it loads, it has the resolution too high and I get a virtual screen :shock: , it's starting to get on my nerves scrolling around the screen. I want the resolution to 1024x768 but it's way too high(hmm, my graphics card supports it though, damn x.org). Can anyone tell me how to do this?
NOTE: I already tried gdm.conf

Try the X config - in xfree86 it's XF86Config in /etc/X11 but I don't remember its name in x.org - the format is the same though. You should have a screen config section inside - something like this:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "MonitorPhilips"
Device "NvidiaGeForce4MX440"
Monitor "Philips109MP"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
You can remove 1280x1024 and you should have 1024x768 (of course names at the begining of the section must be as in your config :-) just change the display subsections).
EDIT: it should probably be xorg.conf

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