Making good progress, but still got a couple of problems. My screen resolution is now set at 1280 x 1024, but my display is still oversize. What is the considered optimum (if any) for these settings?
Thanks. 0rinoco |
Depends on the specs of your monitor. You should find somewhere (even in the monitor box) the optimum screen resolution for it
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Thanks 0rinoco |
I found that 1024x768 should work right with this monitor.
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Thanks for your suggestion, Matz. Tried those settings, but still no joy. I can live with it, but it would be nice to have a normal size screen. I'll hang on and hope someone can come up with a solution.
One thing I have noticed is that in Sax x2 Card and Monitor properties, the name of the designated monitor is Vesa. Is this significant? 0rinoco |
Well, it could be. VESA implies that Sax isn't familiar with your type of monitor so it is using a generic denominator. I have an ACER 1951 and I get the same (although I haven't got any issues with screen resolution - as long as I install the proper videocard driver). This whole issue is quite typical of the previous generation of Linux distros.
By the way, can you post your xorg.conf? There's a chance that Sax has misconstrued the refresh rates, which can have an impact on screen resolution. To make a copy of xorg.conf to your home directory, just run this command from the terminal: su - [root password] cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /home/[your username]/xorgconf |
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Regards. 0rinoco. |
It is accessible from the menu. Just look for "Terminal". I'm sorry, I can't be more precise because I'm not very familiar with KDE. Alternatively, you can use a virtual terminal (the one accessible from the menu is called a "terminal emulator"): press Ctrl + Alt + F1, enter
login: root password: root password Then execute the commands from my previous my post , log out (type exit + enter ) and return to KDE by pressing Alt + F7; the xorg.conf file should be in your home directory. |
Hi, Jay. This is what I am putting in, but get the 'no such command' message,
linux-r0sa:~ # su-[password]cat/etc/X11/xorg.conf>/home[username]/xorgconf Am I missing something? Thanks. 0rinoco |
Theres a space char after 'cat' . cat is the cmd, the rest is the filename to cat (dump to screen). Incidentally, you need to fill in your username where he wrote [username] without brackets ie sans [] eg:
Actually, he means 1. login as root: su - 2. give root passwd insertrootpasswdhere 3. copy file cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /home/orinoco/xorgconf change orinoco to your username on your system |
Thanks, Chris. I didn't realise that there was a space and no brackets required. I'll try again. Also, just wondering if my screen size could be affected by the font used on my web-page, Times New Roman? Where can I find a list of the fonts which are available in Opensuse?
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Screen resolution shouldn't have anything to do with fonts. I suspect it is simply a matter of incorrect monitor refresh rates (which is why I asked about your xorg.conf - that's where those rates are specified).
Font sets for Suse (and Linux in general?). There must be a few hundred but most aren't installed by default. Times New Roman is included in the msttcorefonts package; you'll need to set up third-party repositories first, though: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_package_repository |
Thought I had posted this, but obviously not. I didn't realise that I could reduce the text size on my screen. Doing so has completely solved the problem. I feel a bit of an idiot after all the time you guys have spent trying to help me. Thanks anyway.
0rinoco |
It's very helpful for me..........:cool:
I use of the Linux operating system. James4too |
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