[Novalug] Screen fit problem

greg pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Wed Jul 31 17:55:38 EDT 2013


I would recommend rebooting and hoping that X would correct itself. Trying
to tell you what to do isn't easy.

I think the desktop is set to 1024x768 and the display is 800x600 (change
numbers as appropriate) and there is a virtual screen issue.



On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Mark A. Metz <mametz@aol.com> wrote:

> Charlie,
> Sounds to me like your screen resolution is set too high for your monitor
> or that you might be zoomed in to your desktop, like Zak suggested.
> But what I would like to know is how you got to this point.
> Did you simply power up yesterday and your screen was a problem?
> You didn't mention a screen problem weeks ago when you couldn't print or
> were having system sleep issues. You didn't mention it days ago when you
> were having email problems.
> Have you been adjusting system settings or manually editing your xorg file?
> A little history would help.
>
>
> Zachary Zebrowski <zak.zebrowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Charlie,
>> Most likely, it's a sign of an old monitor...  You might have an
>> "helpful magnify mode" type thing on...   Or, somehow, the monitor
>> might be set to the wrong hertz (50 vs 60 hz or similar).  Try going
>> to the control panel -> monitor to update... or possibly "auto fix" if
>> the monitor has that option...
>>
>> Good luck
>> Zak
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:06 PM,  <cmhowe@patriot.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Greg,
>>>
>>> Not all of the screen is visible. I can do everything Ihave to do but it
>>> is awkward.
>>>
>>> Help gladly accepted, but if it isn't cleared up I will call Leros
>>> Technology (they took over PatriotNet) tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> Charl
>>>>  ie,
>>>>
>>>> The problem is I am not sure what shrink means. In your head you know what
>>>> you mean and are trying to do. Without context it is confusing.
>>>>
>>>> does the screen scroll when you move the cursor (not all of the screen is
>>>> visible at one time)?
>>>> is the text too small?
>>>> is the text too large?
>>>> is there black space (not used) around the window?
>>>>
>>>> There isn't enough information for anyone to give a useful answer.
>>>
>>>
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