On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:22:35 -0500 (EST) fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > soraberri wrote: > > I have > > noticed that at the same screen resolution (1024x768) things are very > > different from the point of view of object sizes. Icons, buttons and > > panels are too big for my taste at this resolution settings. But I can't > > use the next available resolution setting (1152x864) because then fonts > > are too small for me. Maybe you can give me a hint about this topic. > > Go for the higher resolution and navigate to "Start->Preferences->Font" > to choose the fonts you'd like to see. > > > The second thing is about screen displacement or shift. I have installed > > Fedora core3 in 6 different computers for now, all six with different > > hardware and three different monitor brands, and in all of them the same > > thing: the visible screen is shifted to the rigth, so I have to play > > with the monitor settings (hardware buttons) to adjust the screen. > > You have full control over this by "modelines" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > However, this is a bit of an advanced topic which would require some > reading/in-depth understanding of monitor timings. > > List, come to the rescue if you know of a simple application which will > interactively create these modelines for you... You can use the xvidtune program to fine tune your video settings. One of the options is -show which will output modelines suitable for inclusion in the xorg.conf file. See man xvidtune. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
