i have now reached a point at which i have given up on resetting
the display resolution to a desirable mode. all attempts based
on suggestions on the list as well on other sources on the web
have failed to produce results.
in desperation, i reached out to the "x windowing system" to
give me a readable font size by way of xterm windows.
i chose the venerable and light "mwm" and configured the
system as below;
---- .xinitrc ----
#!/bin/sh
xterm -geometry 80x24+100+100 &
xsetroot -solid black &
mwm
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---- .mwmrc ----
Menu DefaultRootMenu
{
"Root Menu" f.title
"New Window" f.exec "xterm &"
"Shuffle Up" f.circle_up
"Shuffle Down" f.circle_down
"Refresh" f.refresh
"Pack Icons" f.pack_icons
! "Toggle Behavior..." f.set_behavior
no-label f.separator
"Restart..." f.restart
"Quit..." f.quit_mwm
}
!!
!! Default Window Menu Description
!!
Menu DefaultWindowMenu
{
Restore _R Alt<Key>F5 f.restore
Move _M Alt<Key>F7 f.move
Size _S Alt<Key>F8 f.resize
Minimize _n Alt<Key>F9 f.minimize
Maximize _x Alt<Key>F10 f.maximize
Lower _L Alt<Key>F3 f.lower
no-label f.separator
Close _C Alt<Key>F4 f.kill
}
!!
!! Key Binding Description
!!
Keys DefaultKeyBindings
{
Shift<Key>Escape window|icon f.post_wmenu
Alt<Key>space window|icon f.post_wmenu
Alt<Key>Tab root|icon|window f.next_key
Alt Shift<Key>Tab root|icon|window f.prev_key
Alt<Key>Escape root|icon|window f.circle_down
Alt Shift<Key>Escape root|icon|window f.circle_up
Alt Shift Ctrl<Key>exclam root|icon|window f.set_behavior
Alt<Key>F6 window f.next_key transient
Alt Shift<Key>F6 window f.prev_key transient
Shift<Key>F10 icon f.post_wmenu
! Alt Shift<Key>Delete root|icon|window f.restart
}
!!
!! Button Binding Description(s)
!!
Buttons DefaultButtonBindings
{
<Btn1Down> icon|frame f.raise
<Btn3Down> icon|frame f.post_wmenu
<Btn3Down> root f.menu DefaultRootMenu
}
Buttons ExplicitButtonBindings
{
<Btn1Down> frame|icon f.raise
<Btn3Down> frame|icon f.post_wmenu
<Btn3Down> root f.menu DefaultRootMenu
! <Btn1Up> icon f.restore
Alt<Btn1Down> window|icon f.lower
! Alt<Btn2Down> window|icon f.resize
! Alt<Btn3Down> window|icon f.move
}
Buttons PointerButtonBindings
{
<Btn1Down> frame|icon f.raise
<Btn3Down> frame|icon f.post_wmenu
<Btn3Down> root f.menu DefaultRootMenu
<Btn1Down> window f.raise
! <Btn1Up> icon f.restore
Alt<Btn1Down> window|icon f.lower
! Alt<Btn2Down> window|icon f.resize
! Alt<Btn3Down> window|icon f.move
}
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the above configurations were created by working on copies of
system configuration files delivered along with the installs.
the 'gui' works on executing 'startx' at the command prompt.
and the system "looks" beautiful (in a minimalistic way).
but, the keyboard isn't working under x, no input accepted.
mouse pointer works just fine.
any help and/or pointers in the right direction would be most
welcome.
thanks,
~mayuresh
