Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?

1999-04-28 Thread gerry
John l.yn wrote: Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. 8, 16, 24, or 32 bits per pixel (bpp) is the "color depth," not the -resolution-. The default

Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?

1999-04-28 Thread sphilp
On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 03:17:38PM +0800, John l.yn wrote: Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. There is a difference between resolution and color

Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?

1999-04-28 Thread Hidong Kim
Bela Lantos wrote: At 27/04/1999 15:17:00, you wrote: Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. 2. The desktop is too big about 4 times than my

Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?

1999-04-28 Thread Ben
1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. startx -- -bpp 24 ( you can add this line to your xf86config file to have it start x in 24 bit as default, but I prefer just creating an alias for the

[newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?

1999-04-27 Thread John l.yn
Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. 2. The desktop is too big about 4 times than my screen of monitor. Why? I have to move my mouse all around in order to