Re: [Cialug] monitor resolution

[Mark Boyd <techfreek@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks! I let you know how it goes.

Mark
On Sunday, November 9, 2003, at 11:00 AM, <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mark Boyd <pastacuz@xxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> > How do I experiment with monitor resolution in Mandrake 9.1? What area
> > of KDE can one go to?
>
> This is one area where Linux / Xwindows is really different than MS
> Windows or MacOS.
>
> You need to set the resolution of Xwindows. KDE is the "desktop
> environment" that runs on top of Xwindows (XFree86 in most cases) and
> controls most of the "look and feel" aspects, but Xwindows controls the
> actual resolution and low-level aspects.
>
> In mandrake, run the "drakxconf" utility as root user, and choose 
> "display
> settings" to change your resolution and color depth settings.
>
> -dc
>
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