Repositories

[Andrew Mathenge]

Hi Laurie,

Have you taken a look inside your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? I believe
that gdm takes it's resolution from there and it may be using a
resolution that's not appropriate. Editing this file to remove
(comment out) the erroneous resolution might help.

Everything I've looked at about the GDM login screen resolution seems
to point to that file.

Andrew.

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:
> Hi Laurie:
>
> 8.04 is still a bit Experimental with me. I use 7.10 all the time. I was
> going through the Configurations, and noticed that there are several log
> in screens in 7.10, and that you can even apply them randomly each time
> you log-in. I'm using an Acer LCD Screen now, which takes whatever
> screen Resolution, and then converts it automatically to it's Screen
> format, filling up the whole screen when the input is either lower or
> higher resolution. I have not found the resolution format setting of the
> Log-in screen yet.
>
> Alfred!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Repositories
> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:18:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Hi Alfred,
>  Synaptic went when I was getting source list for medibuntu. That error
> was resolved with a couple of commands supplied by good people on ubuntu
> list.
>  With login screen I went on ubuntu forums for a solution and found
> quite a few people had the same problem.Tried one of the solutions,which
> led to a config setup.Used this as best I could,and ended up with 4
> screens on main screen,but it fixed the login.However to get back normal
> screen started 8.04 in recovery mode--repair packages.That gave me my
> screen back,but the login screen was back to being 800X600.My main
> screen is 1024X768.
> Laurie
>
> UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:40:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Repositories
>
> Hi Laurie:
>
> It sort of sounds like you have a little Gremlin living there, that has
> access to your Computer, and makes changes to your account. If you are
> on the Internet, then you need a Virus Checker like Clam - AV, and a
> Firewall like Firestarter. That way Little Gremlins on the Internet
> can't do this sort of thing. Loosing Synaptic, might have been caused by
> someone deleting a Part of your Linux File System. So in this case you
> might want that "other Person" to have their own account, with their Own
> Password, and you change your ID and Password, so they can no longer
> access your Account. Then in System Tools you set permissions on files
> so that They can't change your setting, and can't edit your Files, or
> change your Preferences.
>
> If you are using 7.10 you might want to turn Comp Wiz off, because that
> might be the Cause of your not being able to see Log in text. The
> Password is usually not seen, it just shows up as Astrixs or you can
> make it look like dots. This is so that someone else watching the screen
> can't see your Password. This is Normal!
>
> You may have the Screen Resolution set too high, this makes the font
> size look very small. On one of your Panels, you can Right click on it,
> and then select ADD look for a screen resolution setting Icon, and just
> put that in the panel. A lower resolution will make things look bigger
> on the screen. In add remove you can download some of these Extra
> things. In Synaptic look for those same Files and see if there are
> additional files that can be added, to give you some more options with
> them. One might be in System tools, Configuration Editor. Here you can
> set things like System Font Size. You can also do these things in the
> Preferences of Applications, so that Font Size and Default Font can be
> chosen, for an application.
>
> This is kind of general, but might help you, until i know some more of
> your System Details.
>
> Alfred!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Repositories
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Hi Alfred,
>  Thanks,any help would be appreciated.
> Laurie
>
> UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 6:40:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Repositories
>
> Hi Laurie:
>
>>>>Still can't change the resolution on login screen.Just type in user
> and password,but can't see it or the options on login.
>
> I'll try to look into this, it probably has something to do with setting
> up the default Font, and setting up the Splash Screen or Login Screen. I
> didn't run into this problem yet, but I'll experiment with it, a bit.
>
> Alfred!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Repositories
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:38:39 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Still can't change the resolution on login screen.Just type in user and
> password,but can't see it or the options on login.
>
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