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| DATE | 2008-08-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] SONY VIAO Laptop & openSUSE 11.00 Monitor configuration. Help please.
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On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 01:01:23PM -0400, swd wrote:
> Folks,
> I installed openSUSE 11.00 on the laptop. I have forgotten how to configure
> the desktop to fit the monitor. What I see is the openSUSE desktop on the
> left half of the screen. AND, another openSUSE desktop appearing below that
> one. With SAX2 & YAST the arrow keys (to move the desktop up/down/right/left
> & increase/decrease/etc. the dimensions) don't do anything.
> Please tell me how to fix this. (I have done this before - but long ago. My
> brain is turning into marmalade. Orange)
> Thank you very much.
>
> P.S. Ruben, you have about a foot and a half more programming books on your
> kitchen table. Enjoy!
SaX should work. Run it from the command line. Otherwise you have to
hack the X config file by hand in a hit and miss kind of fashion like I
did in the old days.
Ruben
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"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one."
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