Re: [aclug-L] video problems?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jesse Kaufman" <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

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> ok, as i mentioned b4, i'm a newbie, so i don't completely have the hang of 
> linux, yet...  i'm on my 4th install of Caldera OpenLinux, and i have had 
> problems with video display.  for one, everything is INCREDIBLY tiny... i 
> would like a nice 1024x768 display w/ a desktop size of the same.  how do i 
> do this?
> 
> also, i've been getting errors about this or that cannot display Gray<number> 
> or Blue<number>...what is the cause of this?  often when i run GIMP, i get 
> these errors...

OK, for the first, Linux supports dynamically-changeable resolutions.
Try pressing Ctrl-Alt-KeypadPlus a few times and watch what happens.
If you find something that you like, run your appropriate X setup
program and specify that resolution as the default.  XFree86 has
utilities XF86Seutp and xf86config for this purpose.

The second is caused by too few colors.  This can actually be caused
by running in too high a resolution, or take a look at what we've
discussed in the previous message to you.

> 
> thanks,
> jesse
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