On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:32:18 +0000, Gregory L. Hansen wrote:


>>> 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.

Which three utilities are you referring to. It's your settings in these
three that are fighting with each other. That's why you are getting the
weird effects, ie your desktop and your screen size are different. For
short term, special purposes, this can have benefits. Long term it will
drive you nuts. You need to get them in sync.


>>> 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.

> 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.

The resolution you pick, is a function of how big your monitor is, and how
good your eye sight is. My monitor is 19 in. and I run 1280x960 to
1400x1050 most of the time. Linux lets you resize the icons, and the font
size on the desktop so you can shuffle all that to get a personal desktop
where everything is right for you.

Recap;

List the three utilities, give your monitor size, can you still see your
hand when your arm is outstretched? ;P

Back later,


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imotgm