Change of resolution and linux softwares

[adi87]

How can the resolution(desktop) be changed in Fedora core 4. My current res. is 800X600.,true color. I hv Samsung Smatron 75E 17inch. CRT and NVIDIA GeForce 2 32MB card. ALso how to change the shell-Gnome-KdE ? and Also suggest a site that offers downloading linux softwares.

 

[naveenchandran]

How can the resolution(desktop) be changed in Fedora core 4. My current res. is 800X600.,true color. I hv Samsung Smatron 75E 17inch. CRT and NVIDIA GeForce 2 32MB card.

On Gnome Click on the ' Applications ' menu and then click on ' Preferences ' > 'Screen Resolution'

If you are not finding anything beyond 800x600 .. Manually edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf There you will have to set the Horizantal and vertical refresh rates range as given in your moniter's manual. and then set the resolution.

ALso how to change the shell-Gnome-KdE ?.

switchdesk

and Also suggest a site that offers downloading linux softwares.

*directory.fsf.org/index.html
www.sourceforge.net
www.tucows.com and many....

 

[adi87]

how to switcdesk.?

 

[naveenchandran]

type in terminal

 

[adi87]

type in terminal

it sayz...
switchdesk-gui package or use
switchdesk desktopname.

 

[naveenchandran]

Do one thing on the login screen.. where u enter user name and password you can see "Sessions" you can change in that..

 

[adi87]

Do one thing on the login screen.. where u enter user name and password you can see "Sessions" you can change in that..

Thnx I got it. Cud u guide me step by step to change res. up frm 800X600? there is no other mentioned in here apart frm 640X480 and 800X600

 

[desertwind]

Select your correct monitor in the hardware tab on Display Options. If your exact model no is not available, choose the nearest one. (For eg: Samtron 75P will do for you). Now you'll see more supported resolutions.

If this thing did'nt worked, refer to the Sticky [How To] Editing The Xorg .conf File by Satissh.

 

[praka123]

Hello,in fedora,i think this command system-config-display may help you specify higher resoltn..try this...

 

[adi87]

Hello,in fedora,i think this command system-config-display may help you specify higher resoltn..try this...

Again i m a novice in linux . it wud be extremely gr8ful of u if u guide me step by step to the abovesaid.

 

[praka123]

open a terminal as root:

cosmic:~# system-config-display

that's it..