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moB:

--- Quote from: roberts on January 10, 2011, 01:23:20 AM ---Typically specifying a lower resolution results in larger characters throughout.
If using Xvesa see Xvesa on the control panel or at boot time with the xsetup boot option.

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I feel as though I should be asking something important--this is my chance!

A mundane question: How does one deal with the application windows opening in sizes that run off the edge of the screen at low resolutions?

My son's machine is set to a low pixel size. He asks me, but I use 1024x768, so no issue.

He's working on pygame, most of the other users have high screen-resolution by default in their games.

I started him at five on logo, then HTML, javascript, css, mysql, xml, perl, python, Cpp, and next FLTK  :)
He's ten.

I feel a bit slow around him. Any tip you can give  me will help me out a lot.

Thanks for everything roberts!

moB


Tied up and twisted; gnarled and knotted with wrinkles; haggardly firm and unyielding; his eyes  glowing like coals, that still glow in the ashes of ruin; untottering Ahab stood forth in the clearness of the morn; lifting his splintered helmet of a brow to the fair girl's forehead of heaven.
--Melville, Moby Dick

TaoTePuh:
Maybe you are looking for CTRL+ALT+- or CTRL+ALT+M in FLWM ?

For more (FLWM) shortcuts, see
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/tcz/flwm_topside.tcz.info

rbacher:

--- Quote from: roberts on January 10, 2011, 01:23:20 AM ---Typically specifying a lower resolution results in larger characters throughout.
If using Xvesa see Xvesa on the control panel or at boot time with the xsetup boot option.

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I am using Xfbdev on an OLPC XO computer. Any idea how I can specify a lower resolution? Thanks

maro:
Have you tried to see what FB modes are supported?

If you use boot code 'vga=ask' you should be able to get a list (after pressing "ENTER" when requested). Since I'm not a FB user myself I'm not sure, but I was only ever able to specify a FB resolution at boot time. I did so via a suitable 'vga=...' boot code, but others might know better.

moB:

Thanks for that TaoTePuh!

Exactly what I needed  :)



--- Quote from: rbacher on January 10, 2011, 08:54:05 PM ---[I am using Xfbdev on an OLPC XO computer. Any idea how I can specify a lower resolution? Thanks

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rbacher,

As maro was saying, you set the framebuffer size using the vga= bootcode.

Xfbdev then uses this info for its resolution. See this informative discussion:


--- Quote ---    xfbdev uses the resolution of the framebuffer configuration set via the "vga="-bootparameter. If it's set to text-mode, it can't run at all.
 
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  http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?action=printpage;topic=7021.0

The FAQ lists these 640x480 sizes, for example (or use ask as advised above by maro):

  vga={769,784,785,786} Choose one of these 640x480 sizes, or use another.
 
http://www.tinycorelinux.com/faq.html#bootcodes

More vga codes listed in FAQ.


moB

  "That I will, and thank ye very much, my fine fellow"
--Melville, Moby Dick

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