On 11/22/2011 01:00 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Monday 21 November 2011 20:43:07 linux guy wrote: >> No replies to this ? Am I asking the question wrong ? All I want is >> everything on the desktop to be larger. > Decrease monitor resolution? > > The xrandr will tell you what resolutions are supported by your monitor. You > can make a custom xorg.conf specifying the preffered resolution, and/or use > xrandr to change the resolution on-the-fly. > > Decreasing the resolution means that literally *everything* on the screen will > become larger. Otherwise, you should specify what exactly you want to be > larger, and what should keep its original size. That approach would probably > require manually tweaking the sizes of various stuff --- fonts, icons, panels, > widgets, etc. Each of those can be configured either inside its own settings > menu, or using the plasma control handles, or in systemsettings. > In my limited experience, decreasing monitor resolution isn't a very pleasing solution with LCD panels. I'll admit, all of my LCD panels are over 2 years old....but when I drive them at anything lower than their "native" resolution the results were decidedly sub-optimal. $.02 -- Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? -- Clarence Darrow -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
