On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Simon Taplin wrote about, Gnome Question:
> 'I'm using a 14inch monitor and Gnome is really annoying in that
> the minimise, close, etc buttons similar to window are just to big
> for the screen and so they are on the next screen, is there anyway
> to convince Gnome that I am using a 14inch monitor instead of a
> 15inch monitor?
Yes, configure X properly.
According to what your video card is capable of and what your monitor is
capable of, add something like the followin to your /etc/X11XF86Config or
whereever your XF86Config resides.
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "Matrox"
Monitor "Process"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Under the server section for you card, Eg; SVGA or S3.
Then when in X you can then use the key combination of;
ctrl-alt {numeric-pad} + or -
to increase or decrease resolution.
> THanks
> Simon
>
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Merry Xmas.
