Re: X resolution gnome/wmaker
On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 14:40, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just installed Sarge from Netinst (very cool) and have
> X11 running. The problem is that the resolution is
> incredibly high (1600x1200) and I cannot see the icons
> or fonts very well. I am using Wmaker and Gnome as the
> desktop. I have tried to reconfigure using both gnome-conf
> and wmakerconf. Nothing seems to happen.
>
> Using Ctl-Alt+ allows me to change resolution but then the
> icons don't fit the desktop.
>
> Any help on how I can change resolution to 1280x968 and
> increase font/icon size?
Well, for gnome-2.6, you just double click on the "start here" icon on
the desktop, select "desktop preferences" then "screen resolution".
There are also options for setting the font size in there.
Right-clicking on the gnome-panel allows the icon size to be tweaked.
Under the hood, the screen-resolution control is calling the X "R-and-R"
(Resize and Rotate) extension. There is an "xrandr" commandline tool to
do this too, though you don't get the nice confirmation dialog, and I
don't know if this tool makes the change permanent. I don't know if the
"xrandr" tool saves the changed resolution for next time.
I hope this helps,
Simon
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