In article <pan.2003.11.15.18.13.07.641161@invalid.yahoo.com> ,
imotgm <imotgm@invalid.yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:35:02 +0000, Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
>
>>
>> I got three new disks from CheapBytes, the install went just as it should.
>> Looks like that was my problem before-- bad media. I got stale NFS
>> handles on my old set of disks, couldn't tab complete or ls -l filenames
>> or rpm packages. So now I have a working Mandrake.
>>
>> I even got my resolution set. There are three utilities to deal with,
>> whose interaction I don't entirely understand. One of them seems to set
>> the maximum capabilities of my monitor, another one independently sets the
>> color depth and the maximum resolution that will be allowed, and they
>> require a relogin. And the Gnome control panel sets the resolution that
>> will actually be used, and can be applied immediately.
>>
>> Mandrake sure wants a lot of screen real-estate. In 640x480 mode the
>> entire window for the control panels won't even fit, even though it's
>> mostly whitespace, so I had to right-click on the window edge and scoot it
>> up before I could click on the buttons at the bottom. If they're going to
>> make the window bigger than the screen, they should have scroll bars on
>> it.
>
>From where I'm sitting, I'm not so sure you do have your resolution set
>right. Is there some reason for the 640x480? This looks like the Doze safe
>mode resolution. I'm running 1400x1050 on my desk top and my old Doze
>laptop is 800x600, which feels like working in a straight jacket.
>
>If I'm offbase here, excuse me all to hell, but you look like you could
>use some help. If you do, holler HELP!!
>
>Also, is this Mandrake 9.2, or 9.1?
>
>I'll check back later.

It's 9.2. I set it to 640x480 in the course of playing with different
resolutions, partly just to verify that the resolution changed at all,
since I didn't know how to judge just by the size of the icons. They're
pretty big icons. I"m sure it still goes to 800x600 strobe light, and it
doesn't give me any options on refresh rate there, just 800x600 or
something different. But that's not such a problem as long as I keep a
dark background and light text, so I'm putting up with it for now.

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