i have kde desktop on slackware 9.0
the resolution is messed up, how do i fix it?

Well, what do you mean by "messed up" ? Messed up can mean alot of things that we just can't assume.... More details please!

the resolution is wicked big (or small)

i want so everything is smaller, and there is more room

uhh like a 1200xwhatever or like 1024xwhatever

Then just edit your modes listed in your XF86Config file in /etc/X11

i know i have to do that i just dont know what to put in, i broke it once already trying to doing that

i think its my hardware thing because i installed it on a different computer the same exact way.. and i used to have mandrake on the computer thats messed up and it worked fine with mandrake, i think its slackware, anyone know where i can get a hrdware check or something?

Dude, settle down
It's not Slackware, it's just that Slack doesn't set everything up automatically -- you can even use the old XF86Config file from your old install, if you saved it. You just have to change a couple of things :

I'm assuming you want 1024x768 or 1280x1024

under the "Monitor" section of your XF86Config-4 file add:

now go down to Section "Screen"
change all the first Modes lines to "1280x1024"

Then, you should be in business, my man.

Thing about linux, is it does exactly what you tell it to --- and it reads what you tell it to do through configuration files, usually . It's usually just amatter of changing the values to the right ones.

-Shade

PS- if this doesn't work, post your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

yeah it broke, startx doesnt even work, i had a backup copy though so its all good.

ill post the file in a few mins

yeah im sure its a hardware thing with slackware. i need a driver for a intel bt878 thingy. anyone know where i can get one?

All the basic hardware drivers you should need are in the kernel sources.

You said "startx" broke. What does it say is wrong? Look for lines starting with (WW) or (EE) for Warning, and Error, respectively.

We can't really tell what you need, through what you've told us-- so tell us a bit about your system.

--Cpu
--Vid Card
--Monitor
--Motherboard
--Distro (Slackware 9 I guess)

The output of the command "lsmod" as root
the output of the command "cat /proc/pci"

Post these, and we should be able to help more.

Please, please please, realize that we're here to help and are mortal humans, not magicians who know exactly what you're running, and how to fix *everything*. For one, you didn't supply an iota of information about your system, and changing resolutions has a lot to do with video card and monitor.

-Shade

root@word:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Rockwell International: Unknown device 4310
01:09.1 Communication controller: Rockwell International Riptide HSF 56k PCI Modem
01:09.2 Input device controller: Rockwell International: Unknown device 4312
01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation SMC2-1211TX (rev 10)
01:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
01:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)