I need help! Some things I open in Linux won''t fit onto the screen. I think it might be because I chose the wrong monitor selection during setup. How can I fix this. Also, whenever I resize certain windows, they work well for a while (perfect size) but then grow again to a size larger than the monitor. Resizing the picture doesn''t help (monitor-dial). What can I do?

quote: Original post by gamechampionx
I need help! Some things I open in Linux won''t fit onto the screen. I think it might be because I chose the wrong monitor selection during setup. How can I fix this. Also, whenever I resize certain windows, they work well for a while (perfect size) but then grow again to a size larger than the monitor. Resizing the picture doesn''t help (monitor-dial). What can I do?

In my humble opinion you''re going way too fast. From a first installation to configuring X without even reading a book or documentation (or you''re a fast reader). If you''re not using a friendly distro that does all the job for you, you''ll have to learn the hard way. That''s the price to pay for flexibility. So do your homework and _read_.

You can try to press CTRL+ALT+''+'' (the ''+'' sign on the numeric keypad) and see if that helps. If it does, it means that your default resolution is set too low and you''ll have to edit the configuration file manually (it''s /etc/X11/XF86Config *or* /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. If the latter is there, it''s that one) and restart X. It''s a plain text file (like all config files on *nix) and it''s pretty much self-explanatory.

If that doesn''t work, use "xf86config" as root, and answer the questions you''re asked. If you don''t know what they mean then *read*: entering wrong values for your monitor refresh rate can damage it. If you need help with xf86config, type "man xf86config" (this works with just about everything, type "man man" to know more about it). Some distros also offer more friendly tools, but I don''t know which one you''re using, and I''ve never used any of them. All this tool does is ask you questions, and create a configuration file for you (which will be saved /etc/XF86Config, so if there is a /etc/XF86Config-4, it won''t be used and you''ll have to move it to /etc/XF86Config-4 or to delete it: welcome to X).

Sorry if I''m not helping much but you aren''t giving any detail at all, and properly configuring X without knowing the hardware is impossible. Even if I knew your video card specs, I''d need your monitor specs, the mouse protocol to be used, if you''ll be running GDM, the keyboard type and layout, your root password (j/k, don''t ever give that to anyone), and much more if you want to fine tune it. Plus you need to start reading, IMO.

Anyway, good luck.

I''m using Red Hat Linux, but it''s from 99. Anyway, that file doesn''t exist on my system. man fx86config and fx86config both don''t work in the Console Emulator. Help!!

um

reread the utility he told you to use, and what you wrote there...

also consider Xfree86 4.2.0

no more shit about moniter refresh rates

Xconfigurator (possibly XConfigurator) is the command to use for redhat. Most basic installs do not have anything called xf86config on them.

It''s usually located in something like: /usr/bin/X11/

You have to be root to run it.

You -must- run it from a text terminal (if you dont have a text terminal at boot up, go alt-control-f1 to get one).

quote: Original post by Shadow Mint
Xconfigurator (possibly XConfigurator) is the command to use for redhat. Most basic installs do not have anything called xf86config on them.

It''s usually located in something like: /usr/bin/X11/

You have to be root to run it.

You -must- run it from a text terminal (if you dont have a text terminal at boot up, go alt-control-f1 to get one).

I think and from experience, that it''s the other way around, most basic install have xf86config and don''t have Xconfigurator. And FYI, there are more than one command to do the same thing, XF86Setup will allow you to do the same, editing the x configuration file with vi will work also...



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like CJ said

XFree 4.2.0

go for that, NO configuration needed except...

XFree86 -configure

it''ll create a file in the current dir called XFree86.conf (or something like that)

just move it to the /etc/X11R6/ directory and you''re done

I need step-by step instructions, don''t really know what I''m doing with Linux.

quote: Original post by gamechampionx
I need step-by step instructions, don''t really know what I''m doing with Linux.

Why, RTFM.

[ GDNet Start Here | GDNet Search Tool | GDNet FAQ ]
[ MS RTFM [MSDN] | SGI STL Docs | Boost ]
[ Google! | Asking Smart Questions | Jargon File ]
Thanks to Kylotan for the idea!

quote: Original post by Oluseyi
Why, RTFM.

[ GDNet Start Here | GDNet Search Tool | GDNet FAQ ]
[ MS RTFM [MSDN] | SGI STL Docs | Boost ]
[ Google! | Asking Smart Questions | Jargon File ]
Thanks to Kylotan for the idea!

Good old Oluseyi saves the day...




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