Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-21 Thread Beartooth
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:17:25 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 14:58 +, Beartooth wrote: >> Now that I know the trick of dragging with the left Alt key down, I can >> usually do *something* with gpk -- but it sure would make life a lot >> easier to have the window fit the monitor. > >

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-20 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 14:58 +, Beartooth wrote: > Now that I know the trick of dragging with the left Alt key down, > I can usually do *something* with gpk -- but it sure would make life a > lot easier to have the window fit the monitor. There's a few things you can try to make windows smalle

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-20 Thread Jim
Beartooth wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:05:45 -0400, Jim wrote: [...] A single window is too big and everything else is OK? I can understand the screen being the wrong size, which would affect everything including the panel etc., but not one window. The display config doesn't know any

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-20 Thread Beartooth
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:43:37 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [...] >> I'm getting input overload on jargon here. Desktop, workspace, >> GUI, window manager, theme, appearance, background, wallpaper, ... and >> about a dozen more, all seem to have technincal meanings -- more than I >>

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 14:58 +, Beartooth wrote: > The first tab, if you click on 640x350, also offers 640x400, > 640x480, and 720x400 -- iow,, it doesn't even get up to 800x600. > > Would one of the other offered resolutions likely do better > than > 640x350?? I've sometimes

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 14:44 +, Beartooth wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:28:12 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 19:25 +, Beartooth wrote: > [...] > >> > This may be fixable through your desktop configuration controls, but > >> > you don't say which deksto

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-20 Thread Beartooth
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:05:45 -0400, Jim wrote: [...] >> A single window is too big and everything else is OK? I can understand >> the screen being the wrong size, which would affect everything >> including the panel etc., but not one window. The display config >> doesn't know anything about

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-20 Thread Beartooth
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:28:12 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 19:25 +, Beartooth wrote: [...] >> > This may be fixable through your desktop configuration controls, but >> > you don't say which dekstop you're using. >> >> I run gnome and metacity; is that

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-19 Thread fred smith
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 04:05:45PM -0400, Jim wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 19:25 +, Beartooth wrote: > > > >>On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:16:52 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> > >> > >>>On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 16:31 +, Beartooth wrote: > >>> >

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-19 Thread Jim
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 19:25 +, Beartooth wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:16:52 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 16:31 +, Beartooth wrote: When I clidk on the add/remove software launcher in the panel, I get a windo

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 19:25 +, Beartooth wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:16:52 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 16:31 +, Beartooth wrote: > >>When I clidk on the add/remove software launcher in the panel, I > >> get a window way bigger than my screen -- so

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-19 Thread Beartooth
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:16:52 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 16:31 +, Beartooth wrote: >> When I clidk on the add/remove software launcher in the panel, I >> get a window way bigger than my screen -- so big that even moving it >> around enough to click where I ne

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-19 Thread Jim
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 16:31 +, Beartooth wrote: When I clidk on the add/remove software launcher in the panel, I get a window way bigger than my screen -- so big that even moving it around enough to click where I need takes fancy tricks. Trying to unmaximize

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-19 Thread Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo
Am Dienstag, den 19.08.2008, 12:16 -0430 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan: > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 16:31 +, Beartooth wrote: > > When I clidk on the add/remove software launcher in the panel, I > > get a window way bigger than my screen -- so big that even moving it > > around enough to click wher

Re: F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 16:31 +, Beartooth wrote: > When I clidk on the add/remove software launcher in the panel, I > get a window way bigger than my screen -- so big that even moving it > around enough to click where I need takes fancy tricks. Trying to > unmaximize is no help. > >

F9 EeePC add/remove trouble

2008-08-19 Thread Beartooth
When I clidk on the add/remove software launcher in the panel, I get a window way bigger than my screen -- so big that even moving it around enough to click where I need takes fancy tricks. Trying to unmaximize is no help. Do I need to run system-config-display?? Other window