Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-06 Thread Ian Malone
On 6 September 2012 12:55, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Tim wrote: > >> Some browsers change font sizing with a zoom feature, which will also >> increase the graphics size. That may, or may not, be a desirable >> feature. > > Thanks for your response. > > I find zooming (Ctl-++ in Firefox) does give t

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy Murphy
Tim wrote: > Some browsers change font sizing with a zoom feature, which will also > increase the graphics size. That may, or may not, be a desirable > feature. Thanks for your response. I find zooming (Ctl-++ in Firefox) does give the best solution. I guess what I would really like would be if

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-06 Thread Ian Malone
On 6 September 2012 04:40, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 16:37 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> is there any way of requiring web-pages to use larger fonts? > > Some web browsers do let you do that. Those with with the extremely > minimal user-interface and configuration options mayn't. > > H

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-06 Thread Tim
Timothy Murphy: >> is there any way of requiring web-pages to use larger fonts? Tim" > Some web browsers do let you do that Got distracted, and didn't include what I meant to: There usually are settings to set the default font size, which will be used with pages that don't set any font sizes

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-05 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 16:37 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > is there any way of requiring web-pages to use larger fonts? Some web browsers do let you do that. Those with with the extremely minimal user-interface and configuration options mayn't. However, do this with caution, and test it out. I'

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/05/2012 10:37 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > nomnex wrote: > > Just for the record, I have a 15' 4:3 notebook, the screen has a >> (ridiculously high) resolution of 1400x1050. >> I set the same ratio 4:3, to a slightly lower resolution 1280x960 (and >> I increased the font size). That's right.

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-05 Thread Timothy Murphy
nomnex wrote: Just for the record, I have a 15' 4:3 notebook, the screen has a > (ridiculously high) resolution of 1400x1050. > I set the same ratio 4:3, to a slightly lower resolution 1280x960 (and > I increased the font size). That's right. it's a tad less crisp (not so > much in fact), but it'

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-04 Thread nomnex
> On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:49:22 +0100 > Timothy Murphy wrote: > I shall try to make text more readable by enlarging the fonts. Just for the record, I have a 15' 4:3 notebook, the screen has a (ridiculously high) resolution of 1400x1050. I set the same ratio 4:3, to a slightly lower resolution 1

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-04 Thread Timothy Murphy
Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am I right in thinking (from the use of the word "Auto") >> that this is the hardware resolution of the LCD screen? > > usually yes > >> And if so, is it best to keep to that resolution >> and modify font size to make text on the display more readable? >> Or is it equally

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-04 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 01:29:08PM -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > > And if so, is it best to keep to that resolution > > and modify font size to make text on the display more readable? > > Or is it equally reasonable to change the display size? > Pick larger fonts. If you change the display size, you

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-04 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/04/2012 07:23 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > I have what I suspect is a very ignorant question > about the display resolution on my Thinkpad T60 (running Fedora-17/KDE), > which I find too high for my aging eyesight. > > When I go to System Settings=>Hardware=>Display and Monitor > on my Thi

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-04 Thread Timothy Murphy
John Wendel wrote: >> When I go to System Settings=>Hardware=>Display and Monitor >> on my Thinkpad T60 (Fedora 17/KDE) I am told that the Size is set to >>1680x1050 (Auto) ... >> Am I right in thinking (from the use of the word "Auto") >> that this is the hardware resolution of the LCD screen

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-04 Thread John Wendel
On 09/04/2012 05:23 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: I have what I suspect is a very ignorant question about the display resolution on my Thinkpad T60 (running Fedora-17/KDE), which I find too high for my aging eyesight. When I go to System Settings=>Hardware=>Display and Monitor on my Thinkpad T60 (Fe

Re: Screen resolution

2012-09-04 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 04.09.2012 14:23, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > Am I right in thinking (from the use of the word "Auto") > that this is the hardware resolution of the LCD screen? usually yes > And if so, is it best to keep to that resolution > and modify font size to make text on the display more readable? > Or

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-10 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 15:15 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 02/09/2012 02:30 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > If you don't see your 1920x1080 in there, then you can forcing it by > trying "xrandr --mode 1920x1080" to see if that'll bite. If it does, > then you can add appropriate li

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> If you don't see your 1920x1080 in there, then you can forcing it by >> trying "xrandr --mode 1920x1080" to see if that'll bite. If it does, >> then you can add appropriate lines to your xorg.conf file. > tried what yoou suggest. Although man xrandr

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 02/09/2012 02:30 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: If you don't see your 1920x1080 in there, then you can forcing it by trying "xrandr --mode 1920x1080" to see if that'll bite. If it does, then you can add appropriate lines to your xorg.conf file. tried what yoou suggest. Although man xrandr says t

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Aaron Konstam
> >> If you don't see your 1920x1080 in there, then you can forcing it by > >> trying "xrandr --mode 1920x1080" to see if that'll bite. If it does, > >> then you can add appropriate lines to your xorg.conf file. > > tried what yoou suggest. Although man xrandr says there is a --mode > > option w

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 02/09/2012 01:38 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 11:04 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: On 02/09/2012 09:46 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: On 02/09/2012 05:10 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have a screen 1920x1080 which the size is not detected (the maximum size detected is 1024x768 (graphic

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 11:04 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 02/09/2012 09:46 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: > > On 02/09/2012 05:10 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >> I have a screen 1920x1080 which the size is not detected (the maximum > >> size detected is 1024x768 (graphic card: GeForce 210). > >> fedora16

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Edward Martinez
On 02/09/12 12:03, Patrick Dupre wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Andrew Haley wrote: On 02/09/2012 07:42 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Patrick Dupre wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Andrew Haley wrote: How do I generate a /ect/X11/xorg.conf? There should not be one. That's ancient his

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Andrew Haley wrote: On 02/09/2012 07:42 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Patrick Dupre wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Andrew Haley wrote: How do I generate a /ect/X11/xorg.conf? There should not be one. That's ancient history. Everything should be autodetected.

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Andrew Haley
On 02/09/2012 07:42 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Andrew Haley wrote: > How do I generate a /ect/X11/xorg.conf? There should not be one. That's ancient history. Everything should be autodetected. The interesting question in your ca

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Patrick Dupre wrote: On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Andrew Haley wrote: How do I generate a /ect/X11/xorg.conf? -- --- == Patrick DUPRÉ | | Department of Chemistry| | Phone:

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Andrew Haley wrote: Have you got something in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ? No, except what was previously installed. -- --- == Patrick DUPRÉ | | Department of Ch

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 02/09/2012 09:46 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: On 02/09/2012 05:10 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have a screen 1920x1080 which the size is not detected (the maximum size detected is 1024x768 (graphic card: GeForce 210). fedora16. How can I switch to such a 1920x1080 resolution? That's very odd. I'

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Andrew Haley
Have you got something in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ? Andrew. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guideline

Re: screen resolution

2012-02-09 Thread Andrew Haley
On 02/09/2012 05:10 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > I have a screen 1920x1080 which the size is not detected (the maximum > size detected is 1024x768 (graphic card: GeForce 210). > fedora16. > > How can I switch to such a 1920x1080 resolution? That's very odd. I'm using the nouveau driver, and 2560x1

Re: Screen Resolution in Fedora 13 on Intel i915 Chipset

2010-09-20 Thread JB
Samuel Kidman gmail.com> writes: > ... > Also if this is the problem, how do I know what are the right > parameters to write a modeline for 1680x1050 resolution? Google search: linux change max native resolution monitor manufacturer Somebody tried to solve a problem like yours on that other OS

Re: Screen Resolution in Fedora 13 on Intel i915 Chipset

2010-09-20 Thread g
On 09/21/2010 02:00 AM, Samuel Kidman wrote: > This is all making me think that the issue is actually with my > monitor- whatever ROM inside the actual screen that stores the have you read monitor manual or considered logging site of manufacture of monitor to find what actual ability is? if lar

Re: Screen Resolution in Fedora 13 on Intel i915 Chipset

2010-09-20 Thread James McKenzie
On 9/20/10 7:00 PM, Samuel Kidman wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I am not an expert on this, I just try to help if it is of any value :-) >>> Having said that, >>> $ man xrandr >>> $ xrandr >>> $ xrandr --verbose >>> >>> Some links: >>> search Google: fedora xrandr change resolution > Thanks for the help, bu

Re: Screen Resolution in Fedora 13 on Intel i915 Chipset

2010-09-20 Thread Samuel Kidman
>>Hi, >>I am not an expert on this, I just try to help if it is of any value :-) >>Having said that, >>$ man xrandr >>$ xrandr >>$ xrandr --verbose >> >>Some links: >>search Google: fedora xrandr change resolution Thanks for the help, but this doesn't solve the problem- I am able to change screen

Re: Screen Resolution in Fedora 13 on Intel i915 Chipset

2010-09-20 Thread James Mckenzie
JB wrote: >Sent: Sep 19, 2010 11:49 PM >To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >Subject: Re: Screen Resolution in Fedora 13 on Intel i915 Chipset > >Samuel Kidman gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >Hi, >I am not an expert on this, I just try to help if it is of any va

Re: Screen Resolution in Fedora 13 on Intel i915 Chipset

2010-09-20 Thread JB
JB gmail.com> writes: > ... more detailed ... http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2 JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/M

Re: Screen Resolution in Fedora 13 on Intel i915 Chipset

2010-09-19 Thread JB
Samuel Kidman gmail.com> writes: > ... Hi, I am not an expert on this, I just try to help if it is of any value :-) Having said that, $ man xrandr $ xrandr $ xrandr --verbose Some links: search Google: fedora xrandr change resolution http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RandrSupport http://ww