On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 07:53 +1030, Tim wrote: > Robin Laing: > >> The CTRL+ALT+(NUM +/-) are for the whole screen. Not just a window. > >> > >> Handy if you are looking at a web page that has small graphics on them > >> or just aging eyes like I do and need to see things bigger than normal. > >> > >> It is related to the x-server. > >> > >> FWIW, it isn't working on my F8 machine with a Nvidia video card. > >> > >> I just looked at my xorg.conf file and I do not have an other resolution > >> in it. I will have to play with the resoultion in the xorg.conf file. > > > Aaron Konstam: > > This does not work for me in f7. > > What's your xorg.conf file like? Those hotkeys switch between different > screen modes listed in your xorg.conf file (e.g. 800x600, 1024x800, > etc.). If you don't have a list of choices, it's not going to switch. > > The modern behaviour of X is to not have a list of them in the > configuration file, but for it to automatically use the highest mode > compatible with your monitor and display adaptor, determined when > starting up X. > > For things like LCD monitors, it's typically only going have just one > fixed resolution. And you may find it easier to use something else as a > screen magnifier. e.g. I had a play with using compiz's zoom feature a > few days ago, I could hold down a super key and use the mouse wheel to > zoom in and out. > > I haven't tried the screen magnifier that's part of the assistive > technologies preferences, I don't know how that does its trick. I need to send my brain in for a memory adjustment. Of course know of that feature for changing the resolution of the screen. I have used it for years. I need to slap myself a few times and maybe that will help. And Tim was right again . It is tied to the screen modes listed in xorg.conf. I have none listed so ctrl-alt-+ does not work. My computer is a laptop with a LCD monitor. I will have to try it on my f8 desktop when I get home. -- ======================================================================= According to my best recollection, I don't remember. -- Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
