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Special Forums UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers screen size Post 16676 by killerserv on Tuesday 5th of March 2002 08:39:31 PM

03-05-2002

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To change the resolution, configuration for this is controlled by a binary, which varies depending on which video card you have (state your video card and the memory size), and, of course, what sort of resolutions your monitor can support.

To find out what kind of video card you have installed on your system run the following command from a terminal:

shell /usr/sbin/fbconfig -list

Then check the official installation guide, to determine which command you should run. For my Sun Ultra 5 and my ViewSonic P815, i ran m64config -res 1152x900 -depth 24 and it worked fine. However, i noticed some people having problems. Please note that the video changes will not take effect untill you log out of your current window manager and log in again. You do not need to reboot. Don't worry about giving a command that is out of range for your VIDEO card. It will simply return an error if that mode is not supported. However if your MONITOR does not support that resolution you could be in trouble. Also note that there is no 16bit or 32bit color depth. There are only 8bit and 24bit

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gnome-shell

GNOME-SHELL(1)							    gnome-shell 						    GNOME-SHELL(1)

NAME

       gnome-shell - Graphical shell for the GNOME desktop

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-shell [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

       GNOME shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME
       shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a
       visually attractive and easy to use experience.

       gnome-shell is a required component of the GNOME desktop, i.e. it is listed in the RequiredComponents field of
       /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session. It is started in the window manager phase of the session.

OPTIONS

       -r, --replace
	   Replace the running window manager

       --sm-disable
	   Disable connection to the session manager

       --sm-client-id=ID
	   Specify session management ID

       --sm-save-file=FILE
	   Initialize session from FILE

       --screen=SCREEN
	   X screen to use

       -d, --display=DISPLAY
	   X Display to use

       --sync
	   Make X calls synchronous

       --version
	   Print version and exit

       --help
	   Display help and exit

       --mode=MODE
	   Use a specific mode, e.g. "gdm" for login screen

       --list-modes
	   List possible modes and exit

       --clutter-display=DISPLAY
	   Clutter the option display (otherwise ignored)

FILES

       /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session, /usr/share/applications/gnome-shell.desktop.

BUGS

       The bug tracker can be reached by visiting the website https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=gnome-shell. Before sending a bug
       report, please verify that you have the latest version of gnome-shell. Many bugs (major and minor) are fixed at each release, and if yours
       is out of date, the problem may already have been solved.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

       For further information, visit the website http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell.

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