Re: 2nd Try: Ctrl-Alt-Minus on Laptop

[stephen.p.ryan@dartmouth.edu]

On 14 Sep, Kent West wrote:
> Anyone know how to change resolution/screen size on a laptop that doesn't
> have a separate numeric keypad? I can lock the number keys on that are
> imbedded in the alpha keys, but that still doesn't let me do the
> Ctrl-Alt-Minus key combo. Nothing I've tried has worked. Is there another
> way to change res without this key combo?
> 

Are you using the minus key in the embedded numeric keypad when you try
this?  (Mine is on the 'p' key, and it works for me.)  Reorder the
resolutions in your XF86Config if that doesn't work. Maybe you'll have
to remove all but the resolution you want from the "Screen" section.
-- 
Stephen Ryan                   Debian GNU/Linux
Mathematics graduate student, Dartmouth College