Fedora KDE

mganesh30 · 06-17-2010, 11:58 PM

I have just installed KDE 4.4 on Fedora 12 in addition to GNOME. The default Display resolution is the highest available. I changed it to a lower resolution. However, when I reboot, the resolution switches back to the default setting. Please help.

knudfl · 06-18-2010, 12:57 AM

Setting a permanent display resolution ( as root ) :

Please open a terminal window and type : 1) su

2) system-config-display

... Your new settings will then be saved.
...

mganesh30 · 06-18-2010, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

Setting a permanent display resolution ( as root ) :

Please open a terminal window and type : 1) su

2) system-config-display
... Your new settings will then be saved.

..

Tried this but I get the following
bash system-config-display; command not found

Please help

knudfl · 06-18-2010, 08:39 AM

May be not installed ?

# yum install system-config-display

.. will provide /usr/bin/system-config-display
..

mganesh30 · 06-18-2010, 08:49 AM

Thanks I did that and now the settings are saved. However, the resolution of the Login Screen has also changed. This was not the case with GNOME. Please help.

knudfl · 06-18-2010, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Thanks I did that and now the settings are saved.
However, the resolution of the Login Screen has also changed.
This was not the case with GNOME.

Sorry, that's just how it is with KDE,
nothing to do , AFAIK.
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mganesh30 · 06-19-2010, 10:00 AM

Thanks for your help. However I find that the Refresh Rate gets set automatically at 75.1 Hz with the result that the scroll bar on the right side of a window goes slightly out of the screen. If I manually change it to 70 Hz, the screen is OK but I can't save it. Also Refresh Rate is not found in system-config-display.

Please help.

knudfl · 06-19-2010, 01:38 PM

It should be possible to change it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf .
Example ' Section "Monitor" ' :

Code:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Generic"
    ModelName "1024x768 @ 60 Hz"
    HorizSync 31.5-48.0
    VertRefresh 50.0-70.0
EndSection

Can also be used : VertRefresh 70.0-70.0
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mganesh30 · 06-19-2010, 09:57 PM

Thanks. But when I type /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I get Permission Denied even as Root. Please help

John VV · 06-20-2010, 01:06 AM

you need the - after su
su = root with user $PATH
su - = root with root $PATH
the two are VERY different on fedora

knudfl · 06-20-2010, 04:36 AM

The command can be : 1) su ( see post #10 John VV )
2) gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

( You will get 'Permission denied' when you try to execute
the text file with the command : /etc/X11/xorg.conf )

... Or you can copy xorg.conf to /home/<username>/
Edit it, and : 1) su , 2) chown root:root xorg.conf
3) cp -a xorg.conf /etc/X11/

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