[Big-K]

Just installed Mandrake for the first time, I've had some experience with linux before, but very little. After a couple of hiccups, I got my installation to run pretty smoothly. Everything has worked fine sofar. I have only one question though.

It's not really an error or anything, but how to work the desktop. I have my desktop's resolution set to 1126x864. It shows up fine, but its too big for the screen. A bit of the screen in each direction is off screen. If I push the cursor in that direction, it scrolls to show that portion, but hides the opposite side. It's just annoying. My guess is that the problem is that when installing, I set the monitor to be 1200x1024. Now that I think about it, thats too big for this monitor. Is there any way to change that without having to reinstall?

[Headrush]

Originally Posted by Big-K

Just installed Mandrake for the first time, I've had some experience with linux before, but very little. After a couple of hiccups, I got my installation to run pretty smoothly. Everything has worked fine sofar. I have only one question though.

It's not really an error or anything, but how to work the desktop. I have my desktop's resolution set to 1126x864. It shows up fine, but its too big for the screen. A bit of the screen in each direction is off screen. If I push the cursor in that direction, it scrolls to show that portion, but hides the opposite side. It's just annoying. My guess is that the problem is that when installing, I set the monitor to be 1200x1024. Now that I think about it, thats too big for this monitor. Is there any way to change that without having to reinstall?

Check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for screen size settings.

If you don't know what to look for post the "Screen" Section in that file and we'll tell you the change you need.

[Omega_Shadow]

here K, this is a bit easyer-

Go to star, system, configuration, configure your computer
You will be asked for your root, enter it

Click on the "Hardware" Icon
Click on "Graphical Server"
Click on "Resolution"

It will take you to a config screen where you can change your Screen res and color depth.

Hope this helps

[Big-K]

Yeah, I found it before rechecking this thread...whoops. I ended up going into my star/system/configuration/configure your desktop/peripherals/display and changing it there. I did not need to use my root.

I'm liking Mandrake sofar!

[Omega_Shadow]

Thats good to hear. Hope you have better luck with it then I did