Small Gnome

bluewall21 · 10-21-2004, 02:40 PM

I installed Gnome, but when I start it, all of the text is unreadable because it is too small. The various bars on the screen are also small. Also, when I boot, it automatically goes into the "small" Gnome. How can I fix Gnome or boot into KDE?

pfunk · 10-21-2004, 04:39 PM

when you log into SUSE doesn't the display manager give you an option of which desktop environment you want to be in? I run SUSE 8.2 and it gives me that option - maybe you don't have KDE installed (although I thought SUSE used KDE by default).

On redhat linux running GNOME I know there is a fonts selection under preferences. there is also a selection to change the panel sizes, location, etc.. I'm not in front of my SUSE machine right now so I can't check if it's the same there but I expect it's similar.

SSTwinrova · 10-21-2004, 09:27 PM

Small as in you're running at an extremely high resolution (would make everything small -- text, icons, etc.) or just the text below the icons and up in the top bar?

bluewall21 · 10-22-2004, 12:22 PM

Well, the icons are the correct size, but everything else is really small. It should be running at 1024x768. When I boot, it directly goes into Gnome. If I found a way to logoff, it would go to the login screen. I do have KDE installed, but I decided to try Gnome, and now I can't get out.

bluewall21 · 10-24-2004, 08:24 PM

Are there any arguments that I can enter in GRUB to boot to the logon screen?

bluewall21 · 10-27-2004, 03:18 PM

Anything?