Subject: Re: Success -- and questions (Was Re: What's the deal...bootstrap)
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 09 2001 - 12:01:59 MST
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Marc Stergionis wrote:
>
> 1. On install, I configured for 1152x768 display and the black frame of the
> display is slightly smaller than the dark black edges of the monitor, which
> is fine. However, my whole YDL screen is not visible! I have to move the
> cursor past the edge on the right to see the time and windows are cut off at
> the right and bottom. I could not find how to change my resolution (looked in
> XF86. conf, and so on. How do I see the whole screen without moving cursor
> past the edge?
>
XF86 default config comes with the keybindings "Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +" and
"Ctrl-Alt-Keypad -" to change resolutions in the current color depth. It
will only change to those resolutions that are configured at run time (eg:
if you only chose one resolution when you did the X setup, there's only
one resolution it can use.. Also, if your specified all resolutions but
some of them aren't supported by your monitor/video card combo they will
be automatically throw out.) This keybinding may be different in YDL, due
to the difference of apple keyboards and PeeCee keyboards (or it may not
even be enabled), looking in the XF86Config file should tell you want the
keybinding is and weather or not it's commented out (and therefore
disabled) or not.
Also, check the "Virtual" setting for your screen in /etc/X11/XF86Config,
this is what determines the total resolution on your screen (eg: if you
have an 800x600 monitor but want 1024x768, the X server will create a
1024x768 desktop and make your monitor a 800x600 moveable viewport to that
virtual desktop) This shoud be set to the highest resolution you'd like
to run on your machine.
HTH,
-n.. back to the regularly topic...
-- ...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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