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pages viewed to wide for screen

Asked by gary

always have to use the tool bar to view all the page that is on the monitor. tp wide. Want to shrink the page so it fits the monitor. how?? tried system-preference-screen resolution. only can go to 800X600 only other choice is 640X480 (way to big) can it go smaller Type and all. Thanks

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#1

Sounds like you need to increase you screen resolution.

To increase you screen resolution you can use a tool to change your xserver setting like your video card driver and monitor. The tool is called displayconfig-gtk.

Open a terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type

sudo displayconfig-gtk

Try to configure your monitor to get more resolutions. You can select your monitor from the list or try to add it with the inf file from monitor driver cd, disk, or download.

After configuring you should reboot

If displayconfig-gtk is not install you can install by typing

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install displayconfig-gtk

Hope this helps

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gary (grg1gary) said : 		#2

thanks for the info but the command you gave me (sudo displayconfig-gtk) is not recognised am i missing a space or something??

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gary (grg1gary) said : 		#3

never mind you answered that below sorry

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#4

If this answered your problem, please mark it as solved. If not, please provide more a more exhaustive explanation of you problem and errors, so that we will be able to help you better.

Thank you

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