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From: Marten Kemp on 4 May 2010 19:55 I'm determined to make another attempt at using GUI stuff on Linux. So far I've loaded up a relatively capable system with Debian's standard workstation stuff and it kinda-sorta works. The major thing annoying me right now is the screen resolution - I can't really work with anything larger than 1024x768, and then I need fairly good contrast (no grey on light blue, forex) and slightly bolder-than-normal text. I've set the screen resolution to 1024x768 in the preferences panel but lots of the applications seem to like quite small legends. Maybe I need to kick Gnome around some. Is there a way to lock X out of using higher resolutions than 1024x768? I tried the "get modelines from various logs but I keep getting complaints about the dot clock. -- -- Marten Kemp (Fix ISP to reply) You can't help being ignorant 'cause there's always something you don't know; what you can't be is stupid.
From: despen on 4 May 2010 21:57 Marten Kemp <marten.kemp(a)thisplanet-link.net> writes: > I'm determined to make another attempt at using GUI stuff > on Linux. So far I've loaded up a relatively capable system > with Debian's standard workstation stuff and it kinda-sorta > works. The major thing annoying me right now is the screen > resolution - I can't really work with anything larger than > 1024x768, and then I need fairly good contrast (no grey on > light blue, forex) and slightly bolder-than-normal text. > > I've set the screen resolution to 1024x768 in the preferences > panel but lots of the applications seem to like quite small > legends. Maybe I need to kick Gnome around some. > > Is there a way to lock X out of using higher resolutions > than 1024x768? I tried the "get modelines from various > logs but I keep getting complaints about the dot clock. What is the actual size of your screen? What does the command: xdpyinfo | grep reso print? You might want to compare the resolution that X thinks you have to your actual resolution. Generally, if your monitor does higher resolutions, you want to let X go ahead and use the highest resolution available. That will give you the clearest display. The fonts should adjust accordingly. Just make sure X also has some idea of the pysical screen size.
From: John Thompson on 4 May 2010 21:54 On 2010-05-04, Marten Kemp <marten.kemp(a)thisplanet-link.net> wrote: > I've set the screen resolution to 1024x768 in the preferences > panel but lots of the applications seem to like quite small > legends. Maybe I need to kick Gnome around some. > > Is there a way to lock X out of using higher resolutions > than 1024x768? I tried the "get modelines from various > logs but I keep getting complaints about the dot clock. I just edit out the unneeded mode lines from /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or XF86Config). -- -John (john(a)os2.dhs.org)
From: Balwinder S Dheeman on 5 May 2010 06:49 On 05/05/2010 05:25 AM, Marten Kemp wrote: > I'm determined to make another attempt at using GUI stuff > on Linux. So far I've loaded up a relatively capable system > with Debian's standard workstation stuff and it kinda-sorta > works. The major thing annoying me right now is the screen > resolution - I can't really work with anything larger than > 1024x768, and then I need fairly good contrast (no grey on > light blue, forex) and slightly bolder-than-normal text. > > I've set the screen resolution to 1024x768 in the preferences > panel but lots of the applications seem to like quite small > legends. Maybe I need to kick Gnome around some. > > Is there a way to lock X out of using higher resolutions > than 1024x768? I tried the "get modelines from various > logs but I keep getting complaints about the dot clock. You forget to mention relevant versions and, or releases of your Debian, HAL, Xorg and video driver. Anyway, you need to tweak around your /etc/X11/xorg.conf a bit. A default and, or appropriate xorg.conf can be created by either running 'deb-reconfigure xserver-xorg' or 'Xorg -configure' as root, of course without quotes. The later, I think, works on any Unix/Linux system and will save a copy in your /root directory, which you may copy to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and edit as per 'man xorg.conf'. Hope that helps :) -- Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 Anu'z Linux(a)HOME (Unix Shoppe) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Chandigarh, UT, 160062, India Plan9, T2, Arch/Debian/FreeBSD/XP Home: http://werc.homelinux.net/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/
From: Joe Beanfish on 5 May 2010 14:08
On 05/04/10 19:55, Marten Kemp wrote: > I'm determined to make another attempt at using GUI stuff > on Linux. So far I've loaded up a relatively capable system > with Debian's standard workstation stuff and it kinda-sorta > works. The major thing annoying me right now is the screen > resolution - I can't really work with anything larger than > 1024x768, and then I need fairly good contrast (no grey on > light blue, forex) and slightly bolder-than-normal text. > > I've set the screen resolution to 1024x768 in the preferences > panel but lots of the applications seem to like quite small > legends. Maybe I need to kick Gnome around some. > > Is there a way to lock X out of using higher resolutions > than 1024x768? I tried the "get modelines from various > logs but I keep getting complaints about the dot clock. If you're using an LCD you need to use it's native resolution. Anything else will be fuzzy. You'll actually be able to read smaller print when the LCD is using it's designed resolution. |