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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
