Changing screen resolution from 1280 x 1024 to 1024 x 768 in blackbox
Hi,
I have Samsung SyncMaster 793DF which supports upto 1280x1024 resolution. While
installing SuSE 10.0, it identified correctly and configured correctly as
1280x1024 only. The problem with this resolution is that everthing looks damn
small.
As most of the time my box is clocking at 100% cpu, I want to save some cycles
by using a light weight window manager other than KDE. I liked Blackbox and
wanted to use it. When I start Blackbox the default resolution is 1280x1024 and
the xterm is so damn small that I am not able to read it beyond 30 cm from the
monitor. In KDE I overcame this by setting the resolution at 1024x768 in the
configure display dialogue and applying that setting whenever I login into KDE.
I would like to have the resolution set at 1024x768 in Blackbox and other
window managers also. Can someone tell me how to do this? Below is my
xorg.conf.
Regards,
Chaitanya.
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2005-10-17T22:29:47+0530.
#
# Version: 7.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 14:15 -0700, Chaitanya Krishna A wrote:
Hi,
I have Samsung SyncMaster 793DF which supports upto 1280x1024 resolution. While installing SuSE 10.0, it identified correctly and configured correctly as 1280x1024 only. The problem with this resolution is that everthing looks damn small.
As most of the time my box is clocking at 100% cpu, I want to save some cycles by using a light weight window manager other than KDE. I liked Blackbox and wanted to use it. When I start Blackbox the default resolution is 1280x1024 and the xterm is so damn small that I am not able to read it beyond 30 cm from the monitor. In KDE I overcame this by setting the resolution at 1024x768 in the configure display dialogue and applying that setting whenever I login into KDE.
I would like to have the resolution set at 1024x768 in Blackbox and other window managers also. Can someone tell me how to do this? Below is my xorg.conf.
Regards, Chaitanya. While your sitting with damn small I have a similar issue with suse10, My res is also at 1280x1024 but my fonts are massive, I have also played in the xorg.conf and had no luck..
There is an easy way for you. One would be to configure a geneic monitor 1280x1024 @ 60 - 75 hz or use kde control center in the themes section and change the font sizes or your theme.. Which ever work best for you.. Hope this helps you Chadley
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On Saturday 22 October 2005 05:15 pm, Chaitanya Krishna A wrote:
Hi,
I have Samsung SyncMaster 793DF which supports upto 1280x1024 resolution. While installing SuSE 10.0, it identified correctly and configured correctly as 1280x1024 only. The problem with this resolution is that everthing looks damn small.
As most of the time my box is clocking at 100% cpu, I want to save some cycles by using a light weight window manager other than KDE. I liked Blackbox and wanted to use it. When I start Blackbox the default resolution is 1280x1024 and the xterm is so damn small that I am not able to read it beyond 30 cm from the monitor. In KDE I overcame this by setting the resolution at 1024x768 in the configure display dialogue and applying that setting whenever I login into KDE.
I would like to have the resolution set at 1024x768 in Blackbox and other window managers also. Can someone tell me how to do this? Below is my xorg.conf.
Regards, Chaitanya. ===========
A couple of things you can do. One is to drop down to init 3 and run sax2 to reset your available screen resolutions limiting the max to 1024x768. The other is, if you think you might like the large screen size, is to edit xorg.conf to change the dpi. Most times it's 96x96 or 90x96, etc. Edit this part: Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 310 230 to change the displaysize. I have a 19" monitor and run a 1280x1024 screen with a displaysize of 361 x 271 mm and 90 x 96 dpi. If your monitor is only a 17" then you'll really want to stay at 1024x768. The simplest and safest is to use sax2 to adjust everything. regards, Lee
Chaitanya Krishna A wrote:
I would like to have the resolution set at 1024x768 in Blackbox and other window managers also. Can someone tell me how to do this? Below is my xorg.conf.
Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 ... SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024"
I have an older SUSE version, but I suppose the same goes for 10. Since your DefaultDepth is set to 24, in the 'SubSection "Display"' with Depth 24, change the last line to: Modes "1024x768" You could enter more modes: Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "800x600" then switch between them with Ctrl+Alt+ '+' or '-' on the numerical keypad. In Blackbox, the font size is defined in the 'styles' files, which can be adjusted. E.g. I use the style called 'Spiff', and in /usr/share/blackbox/styles/Spiff the last line reads: *Font: lucidasans-10 Changing the 10 to 12 makes the menu font size perfectly fit for my 15-inch screen. Furthermore, the size of xterm and its font can be set in /usr/share/blackbox/menu. I have this command for invoking xterm: [exec] (xterm) {/usr/bin/xterm -fn 9x15 -bg white -geom 60x25} S.H.
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