* Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> [01-02-17 12:41]: >> I cannot tell if this is going to wrap or not. I have set it to >> wrap at 72. >> >> Patrick Shanahan wrote: >>>>> When installing opensuse, there is an option to select the >>>>> desktop >>>> environment. If you select "other" there is a minimal xwindow >>>>>> >> installation which uses xdm and icewm. >> >> Using a laptop LCD >> there is a default resolution of 1920x1200. If >> you use a lower >> resolution, for example, 1024x768, you can scale >> the display so >> it fills the screen but writing etc looks bigger. > > so you chose >> a "scaled" mode? of ? Yes, I chose a scaled mode, of 1024x768 >>
I have fixed it! Just in case anyone else comes down this road (including me in the future when I have forgotten) I added these lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1920x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection EndSection Patrick Shanahan wrote: probably, for the LCD display, in the display settings of KDE, >> yesterday, before I re-installed the system. >> >>>> "wiped everything", reformatted? >> Yes, I formatted both the /home and root partitions, and grub was >> re-installed. >> >>>>>> some means of clearing a foggy crystal ball. >> >> I have >>>>>> got the >> right resolution back using the display settings >> with XFCE4 but >> it still starts xwindows with the wrong resolution >> and changes >> it when I log in. > >>> so you are not talking about the resolution in your desktop, but >>> the > >> display during boot/grub, iiuc. I am talking about the resolution >> when X starts up. It switches to low resolution when X starts, and >> then changes back after I have logged in through xdm. > > ah, maybe gfx or vga= > > I use vga=1280x1024 > > yast bootloader bootloader options kernel parameters use graphical > console choose > > adds to grub kernel command line: vga=1280x1024 > > >>>> yast bootloader adjust the display parameters (google if not > >> understood). The bootloader parameter is set to 1920x1200 which is >> the highest and desired resolution. >> >>>> or you need to better explain to those not sitting in front of >>>> your
monitor. > >> >> I am doing my best. > > me toooo >
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