[newbie] Resolution Settings

2004-02-19 Thread Mike Begin
I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on a Virtual drive and messed up the screen settings (color / resolution). Can I change that back at the command prompt? On bootup? It is very hard to see the screen at the moment. Thanks, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Resolution Settings

2004-02-19 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
On Thursday 19 February 2004 02:58 pm, Mike Begin wrote: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on a Virtual drive and messed up the screen settings (color / resolution). Can I change that back at the command prompt? On bootup? It is very hard to see the screen at the moment. Thanks, Mike Hold

RE: [newbie] Resolution Settings

2004-02-19 Thread Mike Begin
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Resolution Settings On Thursday 19 February 2004 02:58 pm, Mike Begin wrote: I just installed

Re: [newbie] Resolution Settings

2004-02-19 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
On Thursday 19 February 2004 03:38 pm, Mike Begin wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Resolution Settings On Thursday

Re: [newbie] resolution in console

2003-01-06 Thread et
as root, XFdrake On Monday 06 January 2003 03:14 pm, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: how to change resolution in console ?? for eg. i want to have 800x600 vga=? Well I've been away from linux for some time now (the last system was Mdk 7) and just installed v9.0 To change res in console we

[newbie] resolution in console

2003-01-05 Thread raq
how to change resolution in console ?? for eg. i want to have 800x600 vga=?

Re: [newbie] resolution

2003-01-05 Thread et
On Saturday 04 January 2003 05:46 pm, brak23 wrote: On Saturday 04 January 2003 02:56 pm, brak23 wrote: I have Mandrake 9.0 and problems with resolution :-P. Actualy it is 800x600 but i want 1024x768. I tried to change it in Gnome Control Panel with no effects (it returns to 800x600). I

Re: [newbie] resolution in console

2003-01-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
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Re: [newbie] resolution

2003-01-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 5:45 pm, et wrote: On Saturday 04 January 2003 05:46 pm, brak23 wrote: On Saturday 04 January 2003 02:56 pm, brak23 wrote: I have Mandrake 9.0 and problems with resolution :-P. Actualy it is 800x600 but i want 1024x768. I tried to change it in Gnome Control

Re: [newbie] resolution

2003-01-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 04 Jan 2003 8:07 pm, David Williams wrote: On Saturday 04 January 2003 02:56 pm, brak23 wrote: I have Mandrake 9.0 and problems with resolution :-P. Actualy it is 800x600 but i want 1024x768. I tried to change it in Gnome Control Panel with no effects (it returns to 800x600). I

[newbie] resolution

2003-01-04 Thread brak23
On Saturday 04 January 2003 02:56 pm, brak23 wrote: I have Mandrake 9.0 and problems with resolution :-P. Actualy it is 800x600 but i want 1024x768. I tried to change it in Gnome Control Panel with no effects (it returns to 800x600). I have GF4Ti (but drivers for GeForce1 not generic,

Re: [newbie] resolution

2003-01-04 Thread Jason
I offer 2 other possible solutions. If you get stuck and the display will not come up, run MCC from the cli and then you can do what you can from the graphical MCC. My only workable solution for my laptop was to run Knoppix on my laptop and then overwrite Mandrakes XF86Config and XF86Config-4

[newbie] resolution

2002-12-25 Thread Gil Katz
Hi i run 768x1024 some of the programs like GnomeToaster is bigger then the screen area and i cann't do a thing. help pls. Thanks Gil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] resolution

2002-12-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 02:04, Gil Katz wrote: Hi i run 768x1024 some of the programs like GnomeToaster is bigger then the screen area and i cann't do a thing. help pls. Thanks Gil Not knowing what you set your max screen res, you can try hitting CTRL ALT + and seeing if that makes the

Re: [newbie] Resolution / Desktop

2002-02-19 Thread James Thomas
Where can I find to change the resolution, and the screen area of my display? and can I view my KDE desktop as Web page? if yes, how? Open a console, type drakconf, enter your root password, click the + icon next to Hardware, click Display and set it there. As to the web page thing, I don't

Re: [newbie] Resolution / Desktop

2002-02-19 Thread Maxx
Run `Xconfigurator` for adjusting your resolution of your display. Tonton wrote: Where can I find to change the resolution, and the screen area of my display? and can I view my KDE desktop as Web page? if yes, how? __ www.edsamail.com

[newbie] Resolution / Desktop

2002-02-18 Thread Tonton
Where can I find to change the resolution, and the screen area of my display? and can I view my KDE desktop as Web page? if yes, how? __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Resolution / size of my screen

2001-09-05 Thread jennifer
On Wednesday 05 September 2001 20:09, Marcelo Maraz wrote: How can I change my resolution. (today is 800x600) I have M8 installed thanks Maraz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Re: [newbie] Resolution / size of my screen

2001-09-05 Thread jennifer
For a quick fix use ctrl + alt and the plus or minus sign. If you want to permnatly change it use the mandrake control center, choose the display option. Test before you apply the changes, I have personally rendered X impossible to load. On Wednesday 05 September 2001 20:09, Marcelo

[newbie] Resolution / size of my screen

2001-09-05 Thread Marcelo Maraz
How can I change my resolution. (today is 800x600) I have M8 installed thanks Maraz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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2001-05-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
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Re: [newbie] resolution at startup

2001-03-05 Thread German Aguilar
if you are in the command line before to enter in x windows you have to type startx -- -bpp 24 for 24 bits resolution or startx -- -bpp 16 for 16 bits etc- Original Message - From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Martes, 27 de Febrero de 2001 12:10 p.m. To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie

[newbie] resolution at startup

2001-02-27 Thread andrew
Does anyone know how to change the resolution at startup before it goes into X? I know it is possible but I am not sure how to do it. Any ideas? Im running Mandrake 7.2 Acid Burn

Re: [newbie] resolution at startup

2001-02-27 Thread Matt Schroeder
AM Subject: [newbie] resolution at startup Does anyone know how to change the resolution at startup before it goes into X? I know it is possible but I am not sure how to do it. Any ideas? Im running Mandrake 7.2 Acid Burn

[newbie] Resolution problem (I think)

2000-12-20 Thread Steve Combs
I just installed Mandrake 7.2 on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT. I can't see the entire screen. The cursor will move off the screen on the bottom and to the right about 2 inches further than I can see. It doesn't appear to be related to the other virtual desktops. When I try to change the

Re: [newbie] Resolution problem (I think)

2000-12-20 Thread tweeter
I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100, and the graphics chipset on it is a S3 Savage. I had to find beta drivers for it. Find out who makes your card, and look to see if you can find a linux driver for it. If you find one, and can figure out how to install it, write back. Steve Combs wrote: I just

[newbie] (...) Resolution and Xstart stinks..,

2000-11-12 Thread Krulo
What happened to my xwindows?? all I can see now is a console window in a blue background, there is no start bar, icons and the resolutions stinks! what can I do to configure xstart to run gnome or kde instead of that blue background where I have to choose the place to place a window when I

Re: [newbie] (...) Resolution and Xstart stinks..,

2000-11-12 Thread Paul
On Sunday 12 November 2000 16:17, Krulo keyboarded: Something strange must have happened during your installation. A quick fix would be to select the window manager you want to use, e.g. gnome, and put that in .xinitrc: echo "exec gnome-session" ~/.xinitrc That loads Gnome. Use exec kde to

[newbie] resolution, monitor and video card config problem!

2000-09-28 Thread ozgur cagdas
dear newbies; i run drakconf/Xconfiguration and configure my monitor, resolution, graphics card and etc. everyhing is normal at configuration time. it detects my 32mb riva tnt2 graphics card and philips 105b monitor. when i choose whos info it shows everything's ok.at the exit time it asks me

Re: [newbie] resolution and switchdesk problem

2000-09-03 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Juvenal Flores wrote: hello, just got Linux up on my new comp after some problems, but as eager to test out my new monitor, I decided to try out 1024x768 but found out that, that is too small for me and would like to change it to 800x600 Go into Xconfigurator and change it

[newbie] resolution and switchdesk problem

2000-09-02 Thread Juvenal Flores
hello, just got Linux up on my new comp after some problems, but as eager to test out my new monitor, I decided to try out 1024x768 but found out that, that is too small for me and would like to change it to 800x600 and switchdesk on term doesn't seem to work anymore I get bad command or

[newbie] Resolution problem

2000-06-04 Thread Tanner Holloway
The last time I was in Mandrake I changed my resolution to 1600 by 1280(atleast I think it was 1280) and everythign worked fine but now when the login screen comes up... It isn't the graphical login... it's the text-based login and when I login and in the prompt type X it tries to start X

[newbie] resolution

2000-05-01 Thread Johnny Wonder
hi all, I am having so much trouble with the resolution on my monitor running X the default resolution is 340x204 I tryed everything to change it and nothing works.. I emailed for support to know avail , can someone please help me. is there a way to change it manually..the box is a compaq and

Re: [newbie] Resolution problem

2000-02-11 Thread Audrey Beck
Daniel Boyd wrote: hey, ive just installed mandrake 6.5, and altho i set the resolution to 1280x 960 ( i think).. i now have what seems to be 4 'screens' which i have to scroll through... but its at what seems to be a paultry 640x480.. or mayb even worse can any1 tell me how to change

Re: (audrey beck)[newbie] Resolution problem

2000-02-11 Thread Daniel Boyd
What's happening is that X is using the SVGA driver and putting you in 640x480 or else using double scan. Try running XConfigurator to re-detect your video and monitor. Sometimes even when a card is supported it does this. Then you have to manually edit the configuration file. What card

Re: (audrey beck)[newbie] Resolution problem

2000-02-11 Thread Audrey Beck
Daniel Boyd wrote: What's happening is that X is using the SVGA driver and putting you in 640x480 or else using double scan. Try running XConfigurator to re-detect your video and monitor. Sometimes even when a card is supported it does this. Then you have to manually edit the

[newbie] Resolution problem

2000-02-09 Thread Daniel Boyd
hey, ive just installed mandrake 6.5, and altho i set the resolution to 1280x 960 ( i think).. i now have what seems to be 4 'screens' which i have to scroll through... but its at what seems to be a paultry 640x480.. or mayb even worse can any1 tell me how to change the resolution so i have

[newbie] Resolution, please help!

1999-07-04 Thread Fret
Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or video card are not in the lists, I know the setting and set it up manually, but when I get into Linux's desktop the resolution is low and the

Re: [newbie] Resolution

1999-07-04 Thread John Aldrich
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 12:57 PM Subject: [newbie] Resolution Tech Support, Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or

Re: [newbie] Resolution

1999-07-04 Thread Dennis Podein
Login as root , open Konsole , type in Xconfigurator , and try some different options . - Original Message - From: Fret [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 11:57 AM Subject: [newbie] Resolution Tech Support, Hello, I just purchased

Re: [newbie] Resolution

1999-07-04 Thread J Mann
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, you wrote: Tech Support, Hello, I just purchased Linux Mandrake "The Complete Operating System" v6.0 and I've had no problems installing at all, except one thing. My monitor or video card are not in the lists, I know the setting and set it up manually, but when I get