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List:       kde-user
Subject:    RE: KDE Control Panel too big for monitor
From:       "Eric Kadison" <eric () kadison ! com>
Date:       2001-07-21 22:21:58
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> Why don't you just resize it ?

It won't let me resize the window.  Grabbing the corner gives me the resize
mouse icon, but when I shrink it, nothing happens.

Is KDE supposed to size the window to the display?  Is this an X issue?

Thanks,
Eric


> > 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.
> >
>
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