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Linux screen resolution or size - config newbie
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| Danny 2002-10-02, 12:51 pm |
| Hi,
I am running Red Hat 7.3.... the screen resolution is very large and
requires scrolling thru , past the edges of the screen to see
everything ( because it's so large ).
How do I change this default state?
I have a large monitor and Linux would look fine with a higher res .
Danny
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| Garry Knight 2002-10-02, 12:51 pm |
| Danny wrote:
> I am running Red Hat 7.3.... the screen resolution is very large and
> requires scrolling thru , past the edges of the screen to see
> everything ( because it's so large ).
>
> How do I change this default state?
You can change it temporarily by pressing Ctrl, Alt and the Plus or Minus
keys on the keypad. Continuing to press either key combination will cycle
through the resolutions set up in your XF86 configuration file. You should
find that the highest available resolution will fit the screen space, while
other resolutions will give you the kind of scrollable desktop you've seen.
To change it permanently, edit your XF86 configuration file as root. Do a
search for "XF86Config*" and you should find at least a couple of files
which include this in the name. On my Mandrake system, I'm running X
version 4.2.1, so the file I'd edit would be /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and if I
were running a pre-4.0 version, it would be /etc/X11/XF86Config.
Find the "Monitor" section and you'll see a set of "Display" subsections.
Make sure the resolution you want is the first one in the list for each
subsection. In other words, if you see something like this:
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Then change it to this:
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Once you've saved the file (I suggest you also back it up before editing),
restart the X server. The simplest way to do this when X is running is to
press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, but you might prefer to restart it by logging out
of your desk/window manager.
--
Garry Knight
garryknight@gmx.net ICQ: 126351135
Linux registered user 182025
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