If I press shift numlock, the system beeps and the numlock light doesn't go on. The keys for the number pad won't even type letters. The interesting thing is the ctrl alt +/- works. In 24bit the resulting screen is distorted. It works well at 16bit. The ATI driver doesn't work at 32bit. Unfortunately the desktop doesn't shrink to fit the new resolution. Is there a way to fit the desktop to the new resolution? Thanks
On November 29, 2001 02:28 pm, you wrote: > Greetings, > > Well, y'all, gather around: It's time for me to take a deep breath > and recite a "festival of pain" adventure I have had... > > Well, to make a long story (only somewhat) shorter: To change > resolution you must use the keypad "+" and keypad "-", not the "+" > above the "=" (on US keyboards). > > On Mdk 7.2, 8.0 (and probably 8.1), the keypad emulation in X is > somewhat hosed. > > 1. Press and hold Shift, then Numlk on top row. (this is > supposed to switch the keypad on). > > 2. Now, sadly, nothing happens on the keys which are double > marked. (you press the numeric pad marked keys, and > nothing appears). > > "Gasp!" you say, or perhaps "%$*&!" (like I did). > > But relax, here's how you fix that. This hint is from: > > http://www.xig.com/Pages/FAQsPages/FAQsSup-3D-Answers.html > > For a temporary fix, open a shell and type: > > xmodmap -e "keycode 77 = Num_Lock" > > exactly as above, including quotes & spaces. > > Now, pressing Shift+Numlk engages the numlock mode correctly on the > keypad. > > So - after all this, you're thinking: "Cool! I can get there from > here!" > > ...But alas, it is not to be. Even though the numeric keypad > basically works (you get '3' when you press the 'l' key); pressing > Ctrl-Shift-/ (which should translate to Ctrl-Shift-+) causes nothing > to happen to change resolution. > > This is where I said "%$*&! again, and taking the Perl motto to > heart, namely "There's more than one way to do it" - Soooooo.... this > is how I do it: > > I just save the original control file and then edit it by hand to > the desired resolution (Xfree uses the first one it finds in the list) > and save it as XF86Config-4.1024x768, as an example). > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" > "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > > XFree86 uses the first one it finds, so change the sections to: > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > > And you will end up in 1024x768 after restarting X. > > BTW, this problem also occurs on IBM 'space saver' keyboards that I > prefer to use on desktop systems, which doesn't have a separate keypad > either. However, the xmodmap fix that I just described works fine > there on the desktop (where, of course, I never change resolution). > > However, if someone gets this working correctly on Thinkpads (I > suspect this is probably a key code mapping issue of some sort) - > please let me know! > > Sorry for the "Ramble and Rant"... but I first went through this > whole thing about an hour before a very large and very important > presentation, not that there was any pressure at the time or > anything... oddly enough, that presentation was about the virtues of > Linux (insert groan of irony here). > > But seriously - hope that this helps. > > David > > On Thursday 29 November 2001 08:10, Mark D'voo wrote: > > if ctrl alt +/- isn't working, you probably don't have your > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file setup correctly. You need to make sure you > > have every resolution you want in your file > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "My Video Card" > > Monitor "S/M 955DF" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > Subsection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > > > > mark > > > > On Friday 30 November 2001 02:58, you wrote: > > > Whats the easiest way to change resolution? > > > Ctrl - Alt - +/- isn't working and mandrake control center screws up my > > > usb mouse. > > > Thanks
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