Newby needs help

[Neo]

David Curry wrote:

> Trevor Maranda wrote:
>
>> david walcroft wrote:
>>
>>> Trevor Maranda wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could someone please help me. I'm only very new to Linux and I'm 
>>>> running Fedora Core 3. My system is a 2500+ amd-512 mb's ram with a 
>>>> tnt2 graphic card. Heres the problem. I run my screen at 800x600 in 
>>>> size and when I try to add things in certain programs I can't 
>>>> because I've run out of screen space. How can I resize the window 
>>>> I'm working in to get to the Cancel OK buttons etc. Thanks for all 
>>>> the help and I apologize if this is the wrong group etc.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers from
>>>> Trevor Maranda
>>>> (Mudgee NSW Australia)
>>>>
>>> Trevor
>>>      Do you still have the Vert. and Horiz. refresh rates for the 
>>> monitor
>>>
>>>   Regards   david
>>>
>>> ( being in Mudgee I guess you will have a wine for Austalia day ;-)   )
>>>
>> No I don't have them. Its a Viewmaster 17 inch.
>>
> You may be able to find specs for the monitor on the manufacturer's 
> website or elsewhere through Google.
>
>
I think it's very *stupid* of FC or Linux to require end users to 
manually speicy the H/V refresh rates. On Windows, you never need to do 
that. I think there must be a *safe* default rates for all monitors. 
Linux developers perhaps don't know that.