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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: KDE Control Panel too big for monitor
From:       Pam R <pam.roberts () btinternet ! com>
Date:       2001-07-21 22:06:48
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On Saturday 21 July 2001 22:55, Eric Kadison wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I set up RH 7.1 with KDE 2.1.1 on my daughter's PC using 800x600 screen
> resolution.  The KDE Control Panel is too big for the screen!  With the top
> of the CP window at the top edge of the screen, the region of the CP that
> has the OK and APPLY buttons is below the bottom of the display, so the
> buttons are unreachable.  I've only used KDE on higher resolution displays
> before this, where the CP window fits just fine.  What's going on here?
>
> Is KDE supposed to size the CP window according to the display size?  Does
> KDE require 1024 x 768 as a minimum?  Is X supposed to be supplying screen
> size information, but not doing it?  (I initially installed the system
> using my monitor, which is larger, and used either 1024x768 or 1152x864. 
> After that was working, I switched to her monitor by changing the params in
> XFree86-4).
>
> RH 7.1, XFree 4.0.? (whatever comes with RH 7.1), ATI Xpert 98, 15"
> monitor, AMD K6/2-450.
>

Why don't you just resize it ? And don't forget that you can move any KDE 
window without having to use the title bar by just holding the Alt key down 
and clicking/dragging on any part of the window.

Pam
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