Screen resolution problem.

[Master Cougar]

Well, that helped a bit, but still nothing like before. I really wish I knew
what happened.

On 11/29/06, Alan Pater <alan.pater at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you change the font dpi, things on screen will get bigger or
> smaller, depending on which way you change the dpi. Try 72 dpi and see
> what happens, then change it back to 96 dpi.
>
> There are a couple of other settings that affect the size of things on
> screen. For instance, under System > Preferences > Theme there are
> some Large Print themes. The default is Human. Try a couple of these
> to see what happens.
>
> Also check if System > Preferences > Assistive Technology is enabled
> and in use. It might be zooming everything on screen that way.
>
> Some applications ignore all that and go their own way. Firefox
> usually needs its fonts adjusted via it's own preferences. I also set
> a higher minimum font size for web sites, as some of them do it all
> wrong as well.
>
> I generally set the resolution to the best native resolution of the
> monitor, and then adjust the size of screen elements independently.
> The old hack of changing the resolution to adjust font sizes needs to
> go away, in my opinion.
>
> On 11/29/06, Master Cougar <master.cougar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Gosh, first of all, thank you all for you help, but no, that didn't
> work. my
> > font dpi is 96. Perhaps I missexplained. Everything seems right, just
> that's
> > it's all bigger than before, or that I like.
> >
> >
> >  On 11/28/06, Jamon Camisso <jamonation at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Try adjusting your font dpi. System->Preferences->Fonts and check to
> see
> > > if you are set to 96dpi. You can increase or decrease to your desired
> > size.
> > >
> > > Master Cougar wrote:
> > > > It should have been 1024 x 768.  Thing is, the screen seems fine,
> but
> > > > everything is bigger than before, text, windows,  panels, etc. all
> > > > bigger as if the resolution was smaller.   I just don't understand
> what
> > > > happened.
> > > >
> > > > On 11/28/06, *Alan Pater* < alan.pater at gmail.com
> > > > <mailto:alan.pater at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >     What is the native resolution of your monitor, and what was it
> using
> > > >     before the reinstall?
> > > >
> > > >     On 11/28/06, Master Cougar <master.cougar at gmail.com
> > > >     <mailto:master.cougar at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > >     > Hello,
> > > >     >   When I first installed Ubuntu everything seemed good. But I
> had
> > > >     a problem
> > > >     > and had to reinstall it. Now, the screen resolution seems
> > different.
> > > >     > Everything is bigger, Text, windows, etc. all bigger than
> > > >     before.  When I go
> > > >     > to System|Preferences|screen resolution it shows 1024 x 768,
> but
> > > >     it's weird.
> > > >     > I don't know why it did this.
>
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