On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Hershel S Robinson wrote:
> 1 How do I change the screen resolution within Linux? It is too high
> and everything is hard to read.
If your XF86Config file has multiple resolutions defined in it, you can
switch by pressing Ctrl-Alt-plus or Ctrl-Alt-minus (use the + and - keys
on your numpad, not beside the backspace). You can change the default by
editing /etc/X11/XF86Config. Look for a section like this:
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "My Video Card"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
See where it says "1024x768"? Change that to whatever resolution you
like- as long as there's a modeline for it above this section. Which
shouldn't be a problem. If changing this doesn't help, change the section
that begins with the line
Driver "accel"
This is the accelerated X server, and your card may use that instead.
> 2 When I run Gimp, my screen colors change--they become so dark I can
> not read the buttons on the title bar of Gimp itself. When I activate
any other window, the colors return to normal again. What's the problem?
Don't know about this- I suppose it might be a problem with your video?
What color depth are you running in? Try changing to a different color
depth (GIMP requires at least 16-bit).
> 3 I tried to change the default system of LILO from somewhere inside
> the linuxconf, but when I activated the changes, it generated an error.
> I think I saw somewhere that LILO does not run so well with Windows NT.
> Is this true? Even if it is true, is there a way to change the default
> system? (I am expecting to get another hard drive in a few months, but
> in the meantime, I only have one)
I've never used LILO with Windows NT, so I can't say. What I did use was
a rather awesome boot manager called OS-BS (see
http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf/os-bs.html). The beta version is free,
and works perfectly well. You could also get he new one, with gads of
features, for some cash (don't remember how much). I can say from
experience that this will let Windows NT & Linux & Windows 95 co-exist
very well.
If you do decide to use this other boot manager, keep in mind that LILO
will still have to be installed- installed on the Linux partition, instead
of the MBR. OS-BS should go in the MBR. And as always, read README's
first.
-Matt Stegman
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