Re: [newbie] Silly move
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 Feb 2005 02:46, Teilhard Knight wrote: I was all right and as I have a screen resolution 0f 1280x1024 in other OSs, I tried to change to that value in Mandrake. Now I get a plain out of range resolution screen when I boot. Please tell me how do I fix this. What is and where is the conf file to change? Thanks in advance. XFdrake can be run either from MCC or from the command line. You should be able to sort it there. You may need to look at colour depth as well as resolution - I avoid 24-bit depth as I know it has caused many people's problems. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCHZ40kFAvMr/nNX8RAiKxAJwM1k2UTzWEXtKABwtclKW4vcoBqACgm3qm NRQTBU4ZBpyw2VMIhzSYXt8= =+RJz -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Silly move
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:28 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Silly move -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 Feb 2005 02:46, Teilhard Knight wrote: I was all right and as I have a screen resolution 0f 1280x1024 in other OSs, I tried to change to that value in Mandrake. Now I get a plain out of range resolution screen when I boot. Please tell me how do I fix this. What is and where is the conf file to change? Thanks in advance. XFdrake can be run either from MCC or from the command line. You should be able to sort it there. You may need to look at colour depth as well as resolution - I avoid 24-bit depth as I know it has caused many people's problems. Thank you, Anne, it's good to know this stuff, I've never had problems with screen resolutions I can manage. I do not remember if in other computers I installed Mandrake upon, but not in these two I am dealing with now (which are the most modern). I still have a look at color depth which I think I set at 24 bit. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Silly move
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 Feb 2005 11:03, Teilhard Knight wrote: Thank you, Anne, it's good to know this stuff, I've never had problems with screen resolutions I can manage. I do not remember if in other computers I installed Mandrake upon, but not in these two I am dealing with now (which are the most modern). I still have a look at color depth which I think I set at 24 bit. 16-bit has quite enough colours to fool my eyes ;-) Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCHbXSkFAvMr/nNX8RAtDAAJ9bcnGMzjeaPbsdFRU3/LCeFaDogQCcDbgn uTuDEH3xdwB5/eCvAY45FxU= =XMKd -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Silly move
Teilhard Knight wrote: I was all right and as I have a screen resolution 0f 1280x1024 in other OSs, I tried to change to that value in Mandrake. Now I get a plain out of range resolution screen when I boot. Please tell me how do I fix this. What is and where is the conf file to change? Thanks in advance. Teilhard The config file is /etc/X11/XF86Config. But you will probably want to hit Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in as root, and run drakxconf. Make sure you have the correct monitor defined. You should be able to get 1280 x 1024 as long as you have the refresh rates set correctly. Thank you, Mikkel. I am sure I set the refresh rates correctly as I got them from my monitor specs (Sony Trinitron G220). I am also surprised why I cannot have 1280x1024. I am now at 1024x768 and the icons seem a bit bulky, but it is nothing that terrible. In another computer I HAD to set 1280x1024 in order to have things set properly. Something in XF86Config you think? Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Silly move
Subject: Re: [newbie] Silly move -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 Feb 2005 11:03, Teilhard Knight wrote: Thank you, Anne, it's good to know this stuff, I've never had problems with screen resolutions I can manage. I do not remember if in other computers I installed Mandrake upon, but not in these two I am dealing with now (which are the most modern). I still have a look at color depth which I think I set at 24 bit. 16-bit has quite enough colours to fool my eyes ;-) Yes, I would agree with you that 24 bit is perhaps too much. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Silly move
I was all right and as I have a screen resolution 0f 1280x1024 in other OSs, I tried to change to that value in Mandrake. Now I get a plain out of range resolution screen when I boot. Please tell me how do I fix this. What is and where is the conf file to change? Thanks in advance. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Silly move
Teilhard Knight wrote: I was all right and as I have a screen resolution 0f 1280x1024 in other OSs, I tried to change to that value in Mandrake. Now I get a plain out of range resolution screen when I boot. Please tell me how do I fix this. What is and where is the conf file to change? Thanks in advance. Teilhard The config file is /etc/X11/XF86Config. But you will probably want to hit Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in as root, and run drakxconf. Make sure you have the correct monitor defined. You should be able to get 1280 x 1024 as long as you have the refresh rates set correctly. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
