* 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.
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 probably, for the LCD display, in
Patrick Shanahan wrote: 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.
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