Re: Install Questions

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Arthur Schafer wrote:

> I have installed Woody 2.4
>
>
> some of the gnome control windows are oversized. I can't reach the control 
> points to shrink them, stop them or execute them.
> All fonts seem abnormally large.
>  

Sounds like your resolution is set too low. Try getting out of X and 
running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" and play with the 
resolution/color depth settings.

> Also,
> I don't know how to use SU to change from user to root in the gnome desktop.
>
>  

Just open up a terminal window and type "su -". Better yet, use "sudo"; 
it offers several advantages from a safety/security standpoint.

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Kent