hi Jimmy Richards the solution of the display is 1024x768, but the desktop is 1600x1200 large. you know the desktop is bigger than the screen, so you see only a part of it, if you get up with your mouse, the screen scrolls up, if you go left, down, right, the same procedure... i have your lines you wrote downwards only with 1024x768, which i want to have. first my screen was 1600x1200 and that was to uncomfortable... so i wnted to change it down. first desktop 1600x1200 screen 1600x1200 now desktop 1600x1200 screen 1024x768 i hope soon desktop 1024x768 screen 1024x768 do you know what i mean? thanks for helping me. markus
> > > You could do it by editing your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. I use 24 > bit color depth and use a resolution of 1280x1024. So I have a section > in my Screen Configuration as so... > > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > > I'm no wizard at it, but I'm pretty sure you want 1024x768 to be the > first resolution listed there followed by the lower resolutions. Or, > a simpler way may be to run 'dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86' and > then pick 1024x768 as you're only resolution in there. That command > assumes that your xserver is the 'xfree86' xserver. > > HTH, > > Jimmy Richards > > You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five > miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where > the hell she is. --Ellen DeGeners > > On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 08:27:48PM +0200, Markus Hansen wrote: > > Thank you for your help, but one last question: > > the solution of my display is now 1024x768, but the > > desktop has still 1600x1200, so it scrolls while using it, how can i > > stop > > that? > > thank you for helping me! > > markus > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
