Re: gnome resolution
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 05:22:28PM +0100, Dexter wrote:
> i've debian installed on Laptop 15". I use Gnome DM. I 've set up
> resolution 1024x768, which is i think maximum for my LCD display,
> becouse XF86Server ignores higher resolution.
Did it work, then? Are you getting 1024x768? To test: take a screenshot
(using the gnome tool or 'import -window root tempfile.png') and run the
program `file' over the result. This will give you the resolution.
Example:
jon@anubis:~$ import -window root tempfile.png
jon@anubis:~$ file tempfile.png
tempfile.png: PNG image data, 1280 x 1024, 16-bit/color RGB,
non-interlaced
(there's probably a much easier approach to doing this. The
gnome-display-properties program seems to tell you, for example.)
> But still my icons and open windows are quite big, like I would use
> lover resolution. If I lover lesolution to 800x600, than there are
> even biger. Did I miss some setings? Why I can't get bether
> resolution?
For a lower resolution, a smaller number of pixels are occupying the
same amount of space on the screen as for a larger resolution.
Therefore, it's normal for an icon to appear larger at a smaller
resolution.
In GNOME, you can run nautilus-file-management-properties (shows up as
`File Management Properties' or similar on the GNOME menu under settings
or preferences or somesuch) and select smaller icon sizes (they're
expressed in percentages, I believe).
--
Jon Dowland
http://jon.dowland.name/
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