On 2007/10/11 15:55 (GMT+0200) Stefan Schmidt apparently typed: > On Thursday 11 October 2007 15:26:26 Felix Miata wrote:
>> On 2007/10/11 08:23 (GMT+0200) Roger Oberholtzer apparently typed: >> > In /etc/X11/xorg,conf, in the "Monitor" section: >> > Section "Monitor" >> > DisplaySize 417 333 >> > ... >> > EndSection >> > First number is width and second is height, in mm. IYAW, This is >> > for a bigger display than on my laptop. >> If using Intel video driver, and possibly using others, DisplaySize >> may be ignored by the driver. >> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331609 > You can still change the resolution using > xrandr --dpi 100 > or whatever resolution instead of "100" you like. > I inserted the above line in my ~/.xinitrc near the end. You can see in the bug the assignee suggested to put it in Xsetup, but as a workaround for the Intel's driver's ignorance. It is not progress to find a new driver makes us do things manually that used to be done automatically. A n00b installing for the first time is unlikely to be pleased, much less know what manual intervention he needs to do. -- "The basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. President Harry S. Truman Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
