Foolproof fix for screen resolution?

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Burgoo King <burgoo.king at gmail.com> wrote:

> NoOp wrote:
> 
> > Nothing is foolproof; I'd recommend right-clicking
> Applications then
> > select "Edit Menus", and under "Other" check the
> box for "Screens and
> > Graphics". 
> 
> This is a promising approach but it has not worked. 
> I keep ending up 
> with an 800x600 screen regardless of what selections
> I make, even when I 
> was able to select the desired 1280x768.  A couple
> of combinations of 
> screen resolution, etc. resulted in a huge desktop,
> much bigger than the 
> screen, but mostly it goes to 800x600.
> 
> After about 40 tries, I've rebooted to recovery mode
> and got back to 
> 1680x1050, which has the right screen proportions
> but is hard for me to 
> read.
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion...any other ideas for
> how to get 1280x768?
> 
Hey Burgoo King,
Certainly 1680x1050 res is better than 1280x768 res as
far as quality goes. If you have problems reading the
smaller print, why not just increase the font size to
a more readable size as I do(because of old eyes).  I
always use the highest resolution the monitor is
capable of and just hit <CTRL>-<PLUS>-<PLUS>
repeatedly until a font size comes up that I can read
reasonably well. It's easy and quick to to do.
You can also change font size permanently on firefox
browser(and others) under edit->preferences->content.
HTH, and at the same time lets you enjoy better
quality at the higher resolution.

> -- Charles Rathbone
> 
> > On 09/04/2008 05:38 PM, Burgoo King wrote:
> >   
> >> Greetings and thanks in advance for assistance.
> >>
> >> In a nutshell, what is the easiest and most
> foolproof way for me to 
> >> change my screen resolution from 1680x1050 to a
> more readable 1280x768?  
> >> The resolution that I want is not offered as a
> choice in the drop-down 
> >> list under System>Preferences>Screen Resolution.
> >>
> >>
> >> I've installed hardy-heron which seems to work
> well except for the 
> >> screen resolution.
> >>
> >> My home-made desktop computer has an Intel 82865G
> (i810) graphics 
> >> adapter on the motherboard.  The monitor is a
> Samsung SyncMaster 204BW 
> >> 20" flat-screen TFT-LCD monitor.
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > Nothing is foolproof; I'd recommend right-clicking
> Applications then
> > select "Edit Menus", and under "Other" check the
> box for "Screens and
> > Graphics". Exit the menu editor and then bring up
> > Applications|Other|Screens and Graphics. Select
> your monitor (Model drop
> > down), Samsung|204... and click OK. Select the
> resolution & frequency
> > then click OK. *Do not* mess with anything else
> (Graphics Card etc).
> > Log out and then log back in & see if that works.
> >
> > If it does not, or if it makes things worse, then
> boot in recovery mode
> > and select the 4th option to try xfix. Let xfix do
> it's thing & then
> > select option 1 to continue to boot normally.
> >
> >   
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Leonard Chatagnier
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