screen resolution 800x600
 

Hi slackers!, as a newbie i 'm quite annoyed at the way screen resolution is customized in slackware. I mean that when I run kde the default resolution is 1024 x 768 so that the app's fonts are too small to read. Well I solved this problem choosing my desired resolution in the control panel : 800x600 and everything is oK.
My questions is : Is there any way to choose 800x600 from the X before running "startx" (KDE is my default window manager)? . Do I need to touch again the xconfig file? :(

Thanks in advance

U may want tor edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and change

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection



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Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection



Luck

You don't have to disable the higher resolutions to have it choose 800x600 by default. All that matters is that 800x600 is the first in the list of available resolutions.

Incidentally, you know that you can increase the font size, instead of decreasing the resolution? I'm in much the same boat as you are, in that I found the fonts were far too small in Firefox. So I went into Firefox's setup, and set the minimum font size to 14point, and the problem was solved. Likewise, you're sacrificing an awful lot of workspace on your desktop by decreasing the resolution, when I think the real solution you're looking for is to increase the font size. In KDE's control centre, it's under Appearance > Fonts.

The only reason I can see where you actually need to decrease the resolution, or disable a higher resolution is if your monitor doesn't support the higher resolution. Or more importantly, if your monitor doesn't support a decent refresh rate at that resolution. My monitor will go up to 1920x1440, but I keep it at 1600x1200, because it's only 75Hz at 1920x1440, and refresh rates below 80Hz give me a headache.

List your screen resolutions in X
eg. I use:
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
in one of my Screen sections in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
This allows me to use Ctrl+Alr+Numpad'+' or Ctrl+Alr+Numpad'-' to select a resolution I want.

There are also a lot of GUI apps that allow Ctrl+'+' or Ctrl+'-' for text zooming.
eg. Firefox,etc
and other apps that have similar settings.

ie. Keep the high res and just text zoom some apps for readability

Choosing the resolution at X login is unnecessary

You could also change the fonts you use (75dpi vs 100dpi)

wow!! good points
 

well , Thanks guys I really appreciate your advices , so I don´t need to disable higher resolutions in my slack box and instead of that I just need to increase the size of the fonts. It's a new approach to me ...I 'm going to try both of them.

Viva slackware!!!!