Re: Applications are too big
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:31:03 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 at 04:04 GMT, Mark Healey penned:
>> Whenever I open an application it is too big for my desktop (Gnome).
>> There are a couple of problems with this. If I resize it many of the
>> controls are obscured. Then there are the non resizable apps.
>>
>> I think that this has something to do with the fact that the first
>> time I managed to get X to start was with an XF86Config-4 cribbed from
>> Knoppix. It had the resolution insanely high. I believe that what
>> happened was that when X was first stated sawmill was automaticaly
>> configured using the insanely high Knoppix resolution.
>>
>> I'd like to fix this.
>>
>
>Is it also the case that the whole desktop is larger than the screen, or
>only the applications?
Only the applications.
>
>I forgot that I don't currently have a linux machine with X set up, so I
>can't directly compare my files, but what does your "Modes" line say
>under subsection "Display" of "Screen"? What about "ViewPort" and
>"Virtual"?
>
>Are you running X directly from x/k/gdm?
gdm, for some reason the install procedure didn't have a console
login option. I'd like to hace a console login screen.
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