William T Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, kLicK wrote:
>
> > problems. First of all what is the deal with some programs made for 1024 X
> > 768 mode? Is Xwindows designed for 21 inch monitors or something (I have a
>
> As a matter of fact, it is. :)
>
> > 14 inch ): I have used Xconfigurator to try and get the best modes
> > possible. In 800 X 600 mode the programs are too big to fit on the screen.
> > In 1024 X 768 mode everything is so small I cannot read anything. I have
> > got it so that I have the space of 1024 X 768 but instead of everything
> > being small I can scroll around the desktop with my mouse. It is the best I
> > can come up with. There must be another way right? Ok so how do you edit
>
> The best way is to use your .Xdefaults and .Xclients files to set the
> default fonts to larger sizes, then bump up your resolution.
I tried this resetting of font sizes and it did abslolutely nothing.
Does anyone have a sample line from these files which does change font size?
Phil
> The lack of
> screen real estate is just a horrible problem on a 14" monitor and you
> will suffer for it. Even with the larger fonts many of your programs will
> still not "look right". I have a 17" and I think it's too small.
>
> > of these newbie questions, but everyone has to start somewhere. There are
> > some programs that seem to do nothing when I try to load them. They are
>
> Yes, a lot of the "non-critical" applications simply do not work. Red Hat
> doesn't have time to test every one and many of them aren't
> glibc-friendly. Later versions of the programs (those which are still
> being maintained, anyway) will work again in future releases. Some of
> them will probably stay broken.
>
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