I have installed 5.3 with both choices for the moniter., the lowest and the
highest. The same results. I can't get rid of the Gimp installation, it comes up
on the next startup.
John
Kuraiken wrote:
> Bob Bonifield wrote:
>
> > Yes, I have had this problem is settings as well. Your problem is in that
> > your desktop display is only set to 640x480...KDE needs atleast 1024x768 to
> > be able to view the full screen properly. Don't worry, it's not gonna be
> > too small of text :). Now, I'm sorry to say...I don't know exactly how to
> > change your video display. I have only been using linux for about 2-3
> > weeks and I did that the first day I got it....sorry, but I'm sure one of
> > these other linux techies can help ya out. Later and good luck.
> >
> > At 05:13 AM 3/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I have just installed 5.3 and find in KDE that some of the window
> > >screens, goes through the bottom of the main screen, for instance, Gimp.
> > >When the icon is clicked on once, GIMP installation comes up, the screen
> > >goes through the bottom and I can't shove it high enough to get to the
> > >bottom of it. It must have buttons at the bottom, that need to be
> > >pressed, because I can't get rid of it, noway, nohow. I have had the
> > >same problem with Netscape, while trying to set it up. What do I need to
> > >do?
> > >
>
> I think this might be a "problem" with KDE or Qt itself, I'm not sure but it is
> annoying, I agree.
> The only work around I can suggest is (if you still want to use KDE, that is)
> to let X know you can and want other resolutions for your X desktop.
>
> When you installed X, did you just accept the default? I'm not sure but if you
> want to change the resolution, you might need to tell the installer (or some X
> config file somewhere) that you want this.
>
> The easiest way for me, is to run Xconfigurator. This should look familiar -
> it's the same program that ran when you installed Mandrake. When it comes to
> the resolution part, choose your own. Mark all those you want and go through
> the rest of it. Later in X, you can Ctrl-Alt +/- to change it.
> The thing is, you might well be stuck with the highest resolution your X-server
> can provide due to certain limitations. Why? Well...usually, for me the
> "default" always seems to be the highest possible resolution the X server can
> do - even if it means decreasing colour depth.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Regards,
> Kuraiken
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