On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:04:49 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > Okay. My eyes will take a blow, but it is now really nice: the > windows' buttons are correctly displayed! > > Thanks, I will stick with this. (There is actually no other solution, > and when one buys a netbook with a small resolution, one should assume it.)
These days, it seems that most application designers assume that a 1024x768 desktop is the lowest common denominator. They assume that no-one will ever have a smaller desktop than that. Your netbook is 1024x600, which explains why the bottom gets cut off in some cases. That reminds me. Maybe there is another solution. I don't know why I didn't think of it before, but you can specify a virtual desktop size to use in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Virtual 1024x768 can be placed in the Display Subsection of the Screen Section. You then set your desired video mode to be something which your display can physically display. You can either create a custom mode of 1024x600 or pick a standard one that will fit, such as 800x600, for example. Now the physical resolution is smaller than the virtual resolution. Your applications see the virtual resolution. You use the mouse pointer to scroll. For example, move the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen and keep trying to move further down. As you do, the screen scrolls down. This will allow you to use the full size fonts, but you won't be able to see the whole virtual desktop at once. The choice is up to you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org