Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-05-05 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-04-30 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > >http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg > >Does that look right to you? I think the problem you are having is "un-themed GTK". You don't have a desktop suite, so maybe you're like me and you like to keep your system lean and mean. If so, it could be

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
deloptes wrote: James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread deloptes
James Stuckey wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: >> >> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> > >> >> > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg >> >> > >> >> > Does that look right to you? >> >> >> >

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > > >> > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg > >> > > >> > Does that look right to you? > >> > >> Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: > >> > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg >> > >> > Does that look right to you? >> >> Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit "big" for my taste... >> >> Do you find the font of the toolbar

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > >> Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? > >> > >> > > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg > > > > Does that look right to you? > > Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: >> Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? >> >> > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg > > Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit "big" for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
> Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? > > http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you?

Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:26:26 -0400 (EDT), Redalert Commander wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 14:43 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> Then, in theory, restarting the X server again >>> (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the

Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)

2010-04-29 Thread Redalert Commander
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 14:43 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > > and it will work. Then, in theory, restarting the X server again > > (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server > > to restart on vt 7. This used to work,

Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)

2010-04-29 Thread Alan Ianson
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > and it will work. Then, in theory, restarting the X server again > (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server > to restart on vt 7. This used to work, but the last time I tried > it I ended up with two X servers, on

X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:27:38 -0400 (EDT), Redalert Commander wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> James Stuckey wrote: >>> >>> (7) >>> ... >>> (++) using VT number 8 >> >> This is off topic, but did you notice that the X server initialized itself >> on VT number 8 instead of VT number 7? That means,

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:20:36 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> Option "DPI" "96 x 96" >> >> Under your /etc/X11/Xorg.conf "Monitor" section? >> >> (make a backup copy of the original file before making any change) >> >> I can't tell if that made

Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread Redalert Commander
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 15:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: [snip] > > > > (1) I'm on AMD64/Asus motherboard P5Q > > (2) NVIDIA 9800GT > > (3) ASUS VH242H > > (4) LCD > > (5) Digital connection, not DVI > > Digital connection, but not

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:06:08 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > > >> You could try running: > >> > >> xrandr --dpi 96 > >> > >> Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:06:08 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: > >> You could try running: >> >> xrandr --dpi 96 >> >> Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC you can >> also change it from there. >> > xrandr --dpi 96 or --dpi

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:31 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > >> > I don't use gnome or KDE. > >> > >> And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) > >> > > I'm using wmii > > Uh... and how does one change DPI settings in that :-)? > > You could try r

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:31 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: >> > I don't use gnome or KDE. >> >> And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) >> > I'm using wmii Uh... and how does one change DPI settings in that :-)? You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > > >> That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever > >> value you feel more confortable with. > > > I do

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: > >> That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever >> value you feel more confortable with. > I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you using? :-)

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:59 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: > > (...) > > > I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is > > 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen > > (like on the menu bar i

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:59 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: (...) > I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is > 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen > (like on the menu bar in iceweasel/icedove, for example) aren't too easy > to read. Th

Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: > > Stephen Powell wrote: > >> You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no > >> "one size fits all" answer to that question. It depends on a lot of >

Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no >> "one size fits all" answer to that question. It depends on a lot of >> things. >> Please provide the following information: >> >> (1)

Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
> You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no > "one size fits all" answer to that question. It depends on a lot of > things. > Please provide the following information: > > (1) The make and model of your computer > (2) The make and model of your video card > (3) The ma

Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:42:58 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: > > I just changed monitors and the new one has a different resolution. How do I > configure my system to account for the change? You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no "one size fits all" answer to th

New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
Hello, I just changed monitors and the new one has a different resolution. How do I configure my system to account for the change?

Re: Can not change Screen Resolution

2007-07-05 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 03:05:19PM -0700, yong lee wrote: > Hi, > I was using 1280x768. But after a reboot, my scrren > changed to 640x480. Then, I went to Desktop | > preference | Screen Resolution and tried to change the > resolution back. But the drop down box did not work. > The entry just stay

Can not change Screen Resolution

2007-07-05 Thread yong lee
Hi, I was using 1280x768. But after a reboot, my scrren changed to 640x480. Then, I went to Desktop | preference | Screen Resolution and tried to change the resolution back. But the drop down box did not work. The entry just stayed blue and did not show the rest of selections for the screen resolut

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread lmyho
--- Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 06:41:21PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > > > > --- Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > > > > > > > > I just installed debian on an older computer ye

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 06:41:21PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > > --- Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > > > > > > I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen > > resolution is > > > so poorly set, whic

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread lmyho
--- Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > > > > I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen > resolution is > > so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set > > during > t

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread lmyho
--- Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > > > > I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen > resolution is > > so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set > > during > t

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread lmyho
--- Roby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > lmyho wrote: > > > All, > > > > I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen > > resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the > > resolution I have set during the > > initial system configuration (much lower).

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread Roby
lmyho wrote: > All, > > I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen > resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the > resolution I have set during the > initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and > so uncomfortable!:(( >

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > > I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen > resolution is > so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set > during the > initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really

Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread lmyho
All, I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to m