Screen resolution stays same

[marshalx]

***hi guys, ive just discovered your wonderful compact, simple to install Linux !
   
     BUT,  my first problem is that Firefox etc all extend beyond the Right and Lower sides,
     (on an Elonex nb1   1024x600  screen), so naturally i tried System /config about 8 different
     sizes and resolutions,  but surprisingly made no difference ! ??

     i logged offon  each time,  so am now wondering if any Other way to reduce size of pages
     so all the buttons  are all visible ?    the video is VIA unichrome pro2

***you seem to have a lot of Window adjusting options, but i dont understand half of them,
      so am not sure if they are relevant.     anyone got some ideas ?    thanks very much.

[TeeJayDubYa]

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I do not know that hardware but is it possible it is a BIOS setting?  Or perhaps the video driver is the wrong one?

Just a general direction to look in.

Good Luck with it.

Tom

[Ɗα√ϵς§]

In Linux, you can move a window without access to the title bar: Just press the ALT key down, then you can drag the window from anywhere. Now you have access to the edges and can resize the windows. That done, they ought to restart in the saved size-position next time.

You can make the Fonts smaller using the KDE Control Centre, also known as "Configure Your Desktop". Run it, > Look & Feel > Appearance > Fonts.

[marshalx]

Alt+f7  allows Move on Konqueror, but still cant shift Firefox.  never mind, Konq will do.    thanks

[Ɗα√ϵς§]

Strange, my netbook is 1024x600 also, and it all works as it should.

[RickRey]

I know this is an old post but it's still relevant as the original problem was not really addressed completely. I can't address it completely either but I can add my experience using VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro II IGP built into a netbook computer.

I currently have XP running on my Sylvania netbook. XP reports that the above chip type is installed. XP also reports that the following modes are valid: (640x480), (800x480), (800x600), (1000x600) and (1024x768). All modes support 256, 16bit and 32bit color modes @60Hz. In addition to the small internal display, the chip supports an external display at the same time.

I've tried unsuccessfully to install any Linux distro onto the netbook that will support any graphics mode above 640x480. PCLinuxOS 2010 recognizes the chip somewhat but defaults to (640x400). This is not a usable resolution for Linux IMO. Through the PCLinuxOS Control Center I was able to set the "Resolution" setting to "Automatic(16bbp or 24bbp)". This allowed the resolution to be increased to (640x480). I can do this for the following Control Center graphic card settings: Chrome9-based card, S3/UniChrome-based cards with 3d support and VESA. There is nothing I can do through "Configure Your Desktop" display settings that changes the resolutions to something above (640x480). My 2 cents.

http://unichrome.sourceforge.net/ is the only site I found that might have a driver to support the higher resolution modes but I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to compile, install and test their driver. Perhaps someone else can help with this.

[Xero]

Setup the graphics in the control center, there you can manually set what resolution you want, then save, log out and back in.

[RickRey]

Setup the graphics in the control center, there you can manually set what resolution you want, then save, log out and back in.

Unfortunately, this does not solve the problem. The resolution cannot be set using the control center even though the higher resolution modes "test" correctly. Rebooting has no effect.