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Posted: Feb. 11 2004,01:37 QUOTE
i posted something about this in another of the forums -

i cant seem to get my screen rez set correctly, no matter what i select, and what colour rate i select, everything is always just a bit too big for my screen, and i cant change it. the windows take over the entire viewing area and i cant access any of the toolbars.

im a total noob so if anyone can throw me a bone, itd be appreciated. system is an old compaq presario 7470, AMD k6 533mhz with 312mb ram, and an old dell ultrascan monitor!
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Posted: Feb. 11 2004,16:31 QUOTE
It looks to me like the xserver settings are stored in /opt/xsetup.  If you are not logged on as root the setup script does not seem to be changing the file but does not display any errors. Try this:

CTRL ALT BKSPACE
that will kill the xserver
at the console prompt
sudo xsetup.sh
change the settings as you want
startx
that will restart the xserver with the new settings.
good luck
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Posted: Feb. 11 2004,23:20 QUOTE
You can't hack this easilly, the x server is not xfree in this version, so if it doesn't work ... it doesn't work.

I got a similar problem (well we all do i suppose) with refresh rate, impossible to set it, i think it is set by the hardware.

You may have to try another distrib then ... not flonnix since it uses the same x server, like a lot of small distrib because it is lightweight.
If you find something, tell me :)
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Posted: Feb. 11 2004,23:50 QUOTE
Quote (Jeremy @ Feb. 11 2004,18:20)
You may have to try another distrib then ... not flonnix since it uses the same x server, like a lot of small distrib because it is lightweight.
If you find something, tell me :)

damn. i was afraid you were going to say that. sad.

well, thanks to J for what is otherwise a totally slick distro. if this problem is ever fixed, ill come back!
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Posted: Feb. 12 2004,08:15 QUOTE
In fact i am working on a remaster with a different x server like xfree. So if you really like dsl you can still do it the hard way to.
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