On 2011/01/29 16:00 (GMT+0200) Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) composed:
In 11.2 there is a file named /etc/X11/xorg.conf that has the following snipped text included:
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Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" DisplaySize 494 320 HorizSync 30-81 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1024x600" VendorName "SAM" VertRefresh 43-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection
1-Save this version of xorg.conf so you can come back to it easily if something goes wrong. 2-Remove the UseModes line 3-Replace 1024x600 with 1680x1050 4-Replace 494 with 320 5-Replace 320 with 200 6-Restart X 7-Do from "run command" or Konsole 'kcmshell4 xserver' 8-Report back here the results, both from the XServer window, and your impression of the overall sizing on your desktop.
Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1680x1050" 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 EndSection
Delete the whole section. It's 99.997% likely unnecessary, and almost as likely counter-productive. In 11.2 (which can't work in 11.3) as an alternative to the above, or prior thereto, your choice: 1-log out of KDE 2-Ctrl-Alt-F2 3-login as root 4-init 3 5-sax2 6-click the "Change" button next to "Monitor" 7-Click the "Display Size" tab 8-Change the "X Axis" number to 320 9-Change the "Y Axis" number to 200 10-OK 11-OK 12-init 5 13-login 14-Do from "run command" or Konsole 'kcmshell4 xserver' 15-Report back here the results, both from the XServer window, and your impression of the overall sizing on your desktop. You can tweak those Axis numbers, directly in xorg.conf if desired, as often as you like until the results are to your satisfaction. Bigger numbers make your screen objects _smaller_. If you get something you like, copy it to 11.3, test, report back here.
In the Section "Monitor", the "PreferredMode" "1024x600" is set correctly, however further down the file in the Mode section the Modeline is wrong:
Reducing PreferredMode on a flat panel display is never correct unless your eyesight is truly truly awful. Making things larger via DPI is the closest there is to correct. DisplaySize with most drivers is a better method to manipulate DPI. So is xrandr in xinitrc. There needs to be an overall desktop zoom level tool, but Xorg hasn't given us anything close to a user friendly one yet. (Neither has Windows or Mac.)
As you said earlier, the joy of text being legible is better. Thankfully I have upgrade my viewing from the older 640x480 and 800x600.
This statement makes it unclear what you have accomplished.
I also had a look at the man page for xorg.conf and it scared me.
It's a complicated subject, better left to automatic tools if they work. 11.2 is the last chance (SaX2) for that to happen for those needing to override fully automatic. -- "How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver." Proverbs 16:16 NKJV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org