Re: [newbie] Large screen objects
Richard wrote: How do I do that? Would I have to go into the console? How to do that from KDE? Maybe some keystrokes would put me in the console and I could run XF86setup from console? Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, August 28, 1999 11:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Large screen objects Try to run XF86Setup from the prompt. If just set the info for your monitor ect. but then for your resolutions, try something smaller like 640x480 at 16bit. Then go up from there on up. I hope this helps. Sometimes Xconfigurator doesnt work so hot. Jerrud Richardcontrol-alt f2 will get you to a console where you can sign in as anyone you want. When you're done control-alt f7 will get you back to your x-session. Alan
Re: [Re: [newbie] Large screen objects]
"Richard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I do that? Would I have to go into the console? How to do that from KDE? Maybe some keystrokes would put me in the console and I could run XF86setup from console? Richard == First of all, you'll have to be "root". Then you can just use kvt (it's probably on your panel - little black monitor thingie) then just type in XF86Setup (watch case!!!). Then you'll be there :o) Mike ++ Michael Scottaline COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 * * * * * * * * * * * It's a fresh wind that Blows Against the Empire Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Large screen objects
Jerrud, Thanks for the try but the images are so large that I cannot even find the place to get into the console with. Let me ask you how, when you installed you LM copy, did you have good perfect matches with video card, monitor,, etc so that you were able to easily slide into LM with no trouble at all?. With me, I have a rather generic monitor and video card is not an on-the-nose match and I have to guess around in the 'custom' section of monitor setup what my monitor specs are. Well, I've guessed at about all of them and my LM screen still comes up with these oversized images. Okay, when I get into the op system after logging in, is there is keyboard combination that will get me into console mode so that charachers can be seen as pretty well normal-sized (like 640X480) and then I can bring up XF86setup. Don't know if that will help but I'd like to give that angle a try. Richard. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Large screen objects How do I do that? Would I have to go into the console? How to do that from KDE? Maybe some keystrokes would put me in the console and I could run XF86setup from console? Richard Ok here goes :) First when you turn on your computer boot straight into the promt (with the ascii image of tux), or, if you boot into the GUI and then type your password ect. just go into a promt from there. it maybe just something that says, close X and return to consol or something like that. (not sure i use Caldera) So anyways, once you are at a promt (i think you have to be in root to do this) type in : XF86Setup. make very sure that you do the caps right. if you dodnt you will get an error, and have to type it over, and i hate doing that. XF86Setup will load and quickly come to a nice GUI for you to work in. hope thats a bit more in detail for you. just post agean if it dowesnt work :) Jerrud
Re: [newbie] Large screen objects -Richard hope this is better :)
Richard, Try doing a ctrl-alt-backspace when you get into X. This will bring you back into a console, because it cancles the X gui. Now, make sure you are in root, because XF86Setup wont work if you are not. Just type XF86Setup, and watch the caps, caps in linux are diffrent characters than normal lettering. Type this in even if you cant see what is going on. If you know the verticle and horozontle frequencies for your monitor just select them from the list. XF86Setup has a nice looking GUI to use, so dont think that this is hard :) Also, for your video card try to locate it in the list. And if its not listed, than try to find a card that best matches yours. (some people might argue w/ me on this). Click on the Probe button when you are in the vid card screen. Then just configure everything else. (ex. mouse...) Make sure you select smaller resolutions like 640x480 and a depth of 16 bit. Then, save and try to run X one more time. I hope this helps Jerrud ICQ:13978481
Re: [newbie] Large screen objects
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, you wrote: Okay, when I get into the op system after logging in, is there is keyboard combination that will get me into console mode so that charachers can be seen as pretty well normal-sized (like 640X480) and then I can bring up XF86setup. At the LILO prompt type "linux 3" and that SHOULD bring you to a console login and allow you to log into your console, where you can run XF86Setup (or maybe xf86config would work better?) You can also run xvidtune once you boot to GUI mode and see if that helps any. John
[newbie] Large screen objects
I have just installed Linux-Mandrake and all the screen images are so LARGE, some tend to go off the screen. I think somebody else had this problem but I don't remember what the solution was. To preclude yet another install, could I be refreshed on how to deal with this so that I can see everything on the screen? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Richard
Re: [newbie] Large screen objects
Try to run XF86Setup from the prompt. If just set the info for your monitor ect. but then for your resolutions, try something smaller like 640x480 at 16bit. Then go up from there on up. I hope this helps. Sometimes Xconfigurator doesnt work so hot. Jerrud
Re: [newbie] Large screen objects
How do I do that? Would I have to go into the console? How to do that from KDE? Maybe some keystrokes would put me in the console and I could run XF86setup from console? Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, August 28, 1999 11:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Large screen objects Try to run XF86Setup from the prompt. If just set the info for your monitor ect. but then for your resolutions, try something smaller like 640x480 at 16bit. Then go up from there on up. I hope this helps. Sometimes Xconfigurator doesnt work so hot. Jerrud
Re: [newbie] Large screen objects
How do I do that? Would I have to go into the console? How to do that from KDE? Maybe some keystrokes would put me in the console and I could run XF86setup from console? Richard Ok here goes :) First when you turn on your computer boot straight into the promt (with the ascii image of tux), or, if you boot into the GUI and then type your password ect. just go into a promt from there. it maybe just something that says, close X and return to consol or something like that. (not sure i use Caldera) So anyways, once you are at a promt (i think you have to be in root to do this) type in : XF86Setup. make very sure that you do the caps right. if you dodnt you will get an error, and have to type it over, and i hate doing that. XF86Setup will load and quickly come to a nice GUI for you to work in. hope thats a bit more in detail for you. just post agean if it dowesnt work :) Jerrud
