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Linux, 5270 and screen resolution

post #1 of 6
12/31/05 at 2:15pm
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I've been working fine in linux, and everything's good. After I instlalled Windows on my laptop tho I started to notice that the res in windows looked a lot 'bigger' (text was smaller, more desktop space, etc..) then it is in Linux. KDE does report that it's running at 1920x1200, so I'm a bit confused. Here is my xorg.conf file, I have trired it in both 16bit and 24bit, both look the same and report 1920x1200
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post #2 of 6
12/31/05 at 2:47pm
It is possible that it IS running in 1900x1200(Note I am not that good at xorg.conf so I havent looked at it, thus is just a blanket statement).

However KDE also could be enlarging fonts and text to make it easier to read, I remember things looking larger in KDE than in other WMs last time I tried it. Try a different WM and see if it is the same?

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post #3 of 6
12/31/05 at 4:48pm
yeah that.

i remember when i used to run Windows on my desktop, it ran a @ a smaller resolution in windows to look the same @ a higher resolution in linux, especially with KDE (CRT...so i can do that).
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post #4 of 6
12/31/05 at 5:43pm
Check your fonts dpi in KDE.......

SuSE KDE make my fonts huge on my 1400x1050 res but they are perfect with Slackware.

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If you learn SuSE; you'll know SuSE.

If you learn Slackware; you'll know Linux.
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post #5 of 6
1/2/06 at 6:48pm
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Well I lowered the DPI on fonts down 4 notches, and it still feels like it's not the right resolution. I am thinking it could be KDE itself though because when I'm in WoW on windows, and in Linux, running at the 1920x1200 resolution, they both do look like I have the same amount of space on the screen. I guess what I'll have to do is adjust the fonts in each and every application I'm using. Things like the fonts in Firefox just seam huge right now.
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post #6 of 6
1/3/06 at 6:01pm
try taking a screenshot with ksnapshot to see if ur running at 1920x1200, or post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and we can verify for sure your running at that resolution.
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