TO CHANGE SCREEN RESOLUTION-Thanks

[Manivannan. M]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <akonstam at trinity.edu>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: TO CHANGE SCREEN RESOLUTION-Blew it agin, Sorry.


> On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 03:23:59PM -0500, akonstam wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 06:46:53AM -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>> >
>> > --- "Manivannan. M" <manikpi at singnet.com.sg> wrote:
>> > > On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 07:11 -0500,
>> > > akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
>> > > > On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 07:24:49PM +0800,
>> > > Manivannan. M wrote:
>> > > > > Hi,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I need to resize my monitor resolution to make
>> > > the icons appear small.
>> > > > > In the "preference" >> "screen resolution" I can
>> > > only see 800 X 600 with
>> > > > > 60 Hz. The other one is with 640 X 480 which is
>> > > even worst.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Can anyone help me with this.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Thanks
>> > > > I suspect you are seeing only the resolutions that
>> > > are currently in
>> > > > the xorg.conf file. You could edit the file and
>> > > restart X. Or you
>> > > > could go to init level 3 and use
>> > > system-config-display to configure
>> > > > the xorg for the resolution you want. Then return
>> > > to init level 5.
>> > > > This assumes you have FC2 or FC3. If you have FC1
>> > > respond back for
>> > > > a slightly different answer.
>> > > > -- 
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > Step by step guide on how to go about doing it would
>> > > be very helpfull. I
>> > > am using FC3 and a newbie. Please help !
>> > >
>> > > Thanks
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > As Aaron told you do a system-config-display from a
>> > terminal or you could also got to Program
>> > Launcher(Little Red Hat) -> Systems Settings ->
>> > Display and try to select the model of your monitor or
>> > select generic and try a higher resolution like 1024 x
>> > 768.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Antonio
>> >
>> I hate to be a "hard ass" but two things were said on this thread. One
>> is wrong the other is misleading.
>>
>> 1. After you change the resolution it is not enough to type
>> crl-alt-backspace. That restarts the gdm login screen but you need to
>> restart X. To do that you either can reboot or do the following:
>> type: ctl-alt-F1 to get a terminal window.
>> login as root.
>> go to init level 3 by typing init 3
>>
>> <you will get some lines on the screen but eventually you will be able
>> to use the keyboard again>
>> then type: init 5    to restart X and go back to init level 5.
> Well I blew it. Typing ctl-alt-bkspace does retart X and change the
> resolution. Sorry for the bother.
>>
>> 2. Yes you can type su to become root but to become root with the full
>> environment of root you need to type su -
>> su means switch user so it can be used to become any other user (root
>> by default), so if you know foo's passwd you can be logged in as foo
>> by typing: su - foo
>> -- 
>>
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>>
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>
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Dear Friends,

With your help made it working. Thanks a lot ! I never known it is such an 
easy thing.

Regards.
Mani