Re: KDE, GNOME, or XFree86 issue???

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Peter Rohrman wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I've just installed Suse 9.1 Pro on a Dell latitude D505 Laptop.  KDE and
> GNOME both start and run with a slight issue.  The desktop environments
> are huge.  The icons on the desktop are about 1.5 inches long.  The menu
> and task bars are an inch high, and the windows are HUGE.  Is there
> anything I can do to XFree86 to fix this (I assume that is where the
> issue is because both destop environments are that way)?  I'm using the
> 2.6 kernel, XFree86 4.3.99, GNOME 2.4, KDE 3.2, & BIOS A6.
> The install process for XFree86 detected my video card as Intel
> 855 GM (i810), my monitor as unknown 15-31 kHz/ 30-61 Hz, resolutions
> 640x480, and color depth as 16 bits.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Peter Rohrman
>
>
>  
If you were running Debian, which is what this list is for, I'd suggest 
running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" and tinkering with the video 
settings. But since you're running Suse, I haven't a clue.

But in response to your subject line, I can almost guarantee it is an X 
issue, and not a KDE or Gnome issue.
--
Kent