Hi B.B.
What is the maximum resolution your monitor can handle? What is the setting for
resolution in X that you use when you change to somthing better (Victory Erazor II PCI
card)? What is your actual video card?
I have been trying to make things smaller in my 15" monitor at 1024x768, I dont mean a
greater resolution, but just smaller bars and icons.
Hugo
Hugo GONZALEZ
MIS Cuernavaca
Mexico
>-----Original Message-----
>From: toyswins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:54 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 & resolution (as in screen)
>
>
>I've got the same problem with KDE in Linux Mandrake 6.5. Most windows
>are larger than my screen resolution. If I make the system use
>something better, (Victory Erazor II PCI card), the "stuff" is so tiny
>on my 15" monitor I can't read it, even with my brand new bifocals!!
>KDE windows don't all respond the same to resizing either, so in some
>cases can't get to the option buttons, (always on the bottom).
>
>I'd be very interested in any and all solutions from the experts out
>there also. Right now I'm battling ppp problems, haven't gotten back
>into networking SAMBA in this new version and my sound
>card.........well, never mind that for now.........
>
>Off to work in a couple hours so will check this again late this
>evening, South Texas time that is.....
>
>See ya'
>
>B. B. Stanfield
>KC5PIY
>
>Adrian Smith wrote:
>>
>> ah, so it's not just me. i thought maybe i was going nuts....
>> i spent a few hours yesterday playing with linux again to
>see what i could do (i got disgusted after windoze took a dive
>on me). at the moment i am using Enlightenment as it's work
>spaces allow a window to overlap, so if it's off the current
>work space, i can just bounce over to another one by moving
>the mouse. this is a really great feature which doesn't seem
>to exist with the other window managers -- or if it does, i
>simply don't know how to configure them to make this happen.
>now if i could just get the pop up menus to sit still, i'd be
>pretty happy with this window manager. the pop ups are tiny &
>jump all over the darn place. there was another window
>manager (i done forgot which one) that had wonderful pop ups
>that stay open and right where you leave 'em....
>>
>> this is good stuff, but it's making me use my brain.... i hate that
>>
>> Adrian Smith
>> 'de telepone dude
>> Telecom Dept.
>> x 7042
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> >>> Digital Wokan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3:01:41 PM 7/3/00 >>>
>> I noticed that, too. I think it has to do with the
>Sawmill/Sawfish WM.
>> If there's a way of disabling/removing it to restore the
>alt-drag way of
>> moving windows, that would probably solve your problem.
>>
>> Adrian Smith wrote:
>> >
>> > okie dokie, now that i know the correct way to post to the
>list... thanks David for pointing out that it's Newbie... and
>not newbie.... by the way, am i the only one alive who
>thinks that computers, files, URLs etc should not be case
>sensitive? do things really have to be made as difficult as possible?
>> >
>> > just so ya know where i'm at in the linux world - i've
>used apples (still have my apple IIc) macs, PCs under dos &
>windoze. mastered all of them. done some very basic
>programing (BASIC and assembly). installed & configured many
>dos/windoze systems - so i know my way 'round computers more
>or less. never used unix or linux before however - so i'm
>having to learn this new language from the bottom up.
>> >
>> > ok, but now my first real question....
>> >
>> > background - my box is one of the cheaper (read junk)
>compaq models - it's at home, i'm at work, don't have the
>specs with me. anyhow, i installed mandrake 7.0 and played
>with it a bit. since my video card adhears to the lowest
>standards i can only get 640 X 480, or so it seems - i tried
>out some attempts at 800 X 600 in linux, none of them worked
>(nor can i get 8x6 in windoze) so it looks like i'm stuck.
>some of the linux programs open up in screens larger than my
>screen resolution. it seems that a linux window can only be
>resized with the lower right corner?? well in 7.0 there was
>some key/mouse combo that would let you grab a window at any
>place and move it around. so at least i could work around it.
>> >
>> > got my 7.1 disk and installed the new flavor. same
>problem - only now the key/mouse combo doesn't work. or else i
>can't remember it - tho i tried every possible combination
>that seemed obvious. since the bottom of the window is often
>off the screen, i can't resize it.
>> >
>> > so question must be this.... if i want to use linux am i
>going to have to get a video card that does 800x600, and will
>linux be able to find & use that one instead of the one on the
>motherboard without causing problems?
>> >
>> > thanks much...
>> > expect to see a whole lot more of me....
>> >
>> > Adrian Smith
>> > 'de telepone dude
>> > Telecom Dept.
>> > x 7042
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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