Re: Applications too big in X
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:53:31 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 at 09:29 GMT, Mark Healey penned:
>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 00:32:58 -0800 (PST), Mark Healey wrote:
>>
>>>Whenever I run an application in X the window is too big. I run it in
>>>800X600 mode and it looks like the application window thinks it is on
>>>a much higher resolution display. This isn't much of a problem with
>>>most programs, but for the ones where you can't resize the window it
>>>is.
>>>
>>>How do I fix it?
>>
>> I've looked into this some and it looks like it is a problem with the
>> configuration of saw(mill,fish,blade,horse,tooth,whatever). The first
>> time I managed to get X to start was with a XF86Config-4 cribbed from
>> knoppix. It had X at some insane resolution.
>>
>> On a 17" monitor I like 800X600 so that is what I set the max
>> resolution at. Anyway. It looks like saw? was configured with the
>> knoppix reso.
>>
>> I think I can fix the problem by "mv"ing the file(s) that was
>> generated and restarting X. I just need to know what file(s).
>>
>
>I'm confused the file that was generated when?
The sawmill or sawfish (I can't rememver which) that was generated the
first time I started X, which was with am XF86Config-4 cribbed from
Knoppix
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