On Thursday 20 January 2005 09:09 pm, RickSisler wrote: > Andy Yankovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: snip > > My attempt to change screen size or resolution is made by > > clicking star/preferences/control > > center/oeripheraals/displayscreen size/ change size/aplly/OK. > > then the screen goes black for a second, then screen comes up > > again, with settings as they should be, asking for > > confirmation of screen size or not. I accept and screen size > > or resolution apprears to be as I wanted it until I end > > session, or restart or shut down > > > > I just restarted (thru star/logout/restart) to verify and, > > yes, screen resolution is went from 1024X768 back to > > 1280X1024 and the actual screen corresponds to 1280X1024. The > > font size in toolbar/settings/kmail is still at 64, as set in > > first paragrah. And I still cannot read the sreen very well. > > > > I thought that, like Windows, resolution or screen size would > > be changed in MDK Control Center in Display. But maybe in MDK > > Display means something else. It sure is difficult to > > undersstand what happens if Display is supposed to change the > > screen resolution. > > Hi Andy, > the particular way your setting this is from the KDE control > center and will only effect the current session, unless you > select the checkbox so it will take effect everytime you login > to KDE. > > I think you want to change the overall system resolution to > 1024x768, if this is correct, you want to do this with MDK > control center, as you were guessing. > > Go to Star > System > Configuration > Configure your Computer - > will get you to a dialog that will ask for your root passwword. > Once you login, This should be the Mandrake Control Center, > select : Hardware > screen resolution .. change this to > 1024X768 and click OK. You will have to logout and log back in > for your changes to take effect. > > I Hope that does the trick .. > Best Regards
Thank you RickS, The screen resolution problem is fixed doing it the way you suggested. How easy - when you know how to do it. Thanks again my friend, Andy
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