Hi,

I recently installed Fedora on a Dell Dimension3000 with a Dell 15in E153P LCDmonitor.
The installation went without a hitch, but when I logged in and went to Gnome, the icons are too big. It seems like the screen is stuck in 640x480 mode. when I pulled up the display (system setting/Display), it said it was 1024x768, and under Hardware it recognized the Monitor as a DellE153P and the video card as an Intel865. But when I looked under "Preferences", it said the screen resolution was 640x480, and doesn't allow me to change. I looked at the XF86Config file, but as a newbie, nothing really looked out of ordinary. One concern I did have is that when I was searching for answers through the forums, there were references to "xconf.org" for FC3 and the XF86Config was related to FC2. (I was given the CDs, and didn't really pay attention during install). But since it's recognizing the monitor and card, it seems it should work regardless of FC2 or FC3.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!
thanks,
john

Below is the etc/X11/XF86Config file:
# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "DELL E153FP"
DisplaySize 300 230
HorizSync 30.0 - 63.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel 865"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

try to press
ctrl + + or ctrl + -
It's a shortcut to change resolution.

regards
ag2uki

Thanks, that seems to work, at least partially.
What happens is that when I do cntl++ or cntl--, it seems to change the resolution of the application, but not the whole screen. For example, when viewing this website in Mozilla, it changes the font sizes of the website, but not of the desktop, or Mozilla itself. All teh basic desktop icons are still huge, and I'm trying to figure out how to get them smaller. It seems that the installation is defaulting to 640x480, and won't allow me to change.