[ale] x-windows prob(huge display )

[Nick Lucent]

On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, RHS Linux User wrote:
> Dear Sir /Madame, 
> I am using redhat linux 4.2 on a 486/100 hp vectra pc with 1 mb display
> ram , cirrus logic 5430 card with a svga monitor . 
> I had made a mistake in configuring  my X-windows and it crashed. 
> I had made the mistakes while fiddling around with xf86config and
> Xconfigurator
> .. 
> Then I reinistalled it with the help of rpm which was very easy .
> rpm -ivh XFree86_SVGA 
> 
> Now when I do startx , the SVGA server does start and it runs .
> But prob is the desktop and  the icons of start or control panel or if I
> open any package ,it just covers up the whole desktop area and some
> part right out of the display ,mainly the top and bottom parts where
> the menu or the oks are located.
> Even when I use control panel or any other package , it just occupies such
> huge  area with very large  fonts that it is impossible to work at all. 
> Where do I go to fix this . 
> I will be grateful for your help .
> Thank you in advance .
> 
It sounds like you set your resolution up for 640x480, just run XF86Setup
again and change the default resolution. that should do it if Im guessing
the problem correctly
 

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