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gnome-panel package

Desktop icons WAY too big

Asked by silverknife

hello,
        i am having an issue with my screen rez, now its at 1024x768. i have a 19 inch monitor and a ATi x800 pro (256Mb) running on a p4 3.0 HT with 2 Gb of ram, i have gone to the ATi site and downloaded some Linux drivers and have installed them successfully , i have also rebooted and still i cannot get my rez any higher than 1024x768. when i have ram this OS with VMware it was very simple to change. right now everything is way to big!! please help

thank you
                Silverknife

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Hanusz leszek (leszek-skynet) said : 		#1

Hello,

You need to modify your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file
type this in a terminal:
gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

find this part:

        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection

And add the resolution you want
Example:

        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection

save the file
reboot

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Best silverknife (silverknife) said : 		#2

thankyou so much for your resolution but unfortunatly it did not work.although i did find a fix but it was drastic, what i had to do was re-install and when your at the initial load screen from the live CD hit f4, from there you select the rez that you need .. issue fixed! , i thank you very for your help and i know i will be in here again .

CKR aka Silverknife