Dumb X Resolution problem - need help

Nigel Henry cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr
Mon Aug 18 12:45:01 UTC 2008


On Monday 18 August 2008 14:34, don vogt wrote:
>  I was fooling around with some image files and trying
> different resolutions. I went to System> Preferences >
> Resolution and changed my screen resolution to
> 640x480.  Now, the "change resolution screen is cut
> off at the bottom so the Apply button is unreacahble.
> It is below the screen. So I can't use that to change
> my resolution back. I have tried to find wher my local
> resolution is kept, to no avail. I tried changing my
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf to only allow 800x600, no change.
>  Is there another way to change the resolution?
>  I am using a pretty vanilla  fc9 install from live CD.

Hold the left ALT key down, left click, and hold, then just slide the window 
up a bit, so that you can get to the apply button.

Nigel.




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