Fedora 7 - I'm confused! - Page 3

kona0197 · #31 22nd October 2007, 04:01 AM

Thank you.

OK - last question I think. Is there a program that allows you to tell Fedora where to display itself instead of having to adjust the monitor everytime after booting? I'm always having to shift the display to the right.

marcrblevins · #32 22nd October 2007, 04:18 AM

Use the monitor's OSD. I never used Linux or Windows monitor adjustment programs.

kona0197 · #33 22nd October 2007, 04:28 AM

What I was trying to say is that I AM using the monitors OSD to adjust the screen everytime I switch from XP to F7. I was wondering if F7 had a monitor adjustment system much like other distros.

nick.stumpos · #34 22nd October 2007, 05:13 AM

glad to hear you got those issues solved sorry though never heard of a problem that the monitors osd didnt fix, maybe a graphics driver problem. are your drivers up to date? not really sure though sorry

kona0197 · #35 22nd October 2007, 05:17 AM

It's not a graphics driver problem. I have a very old Intel Graphics chipset. When I was using SuSE it allowed you to "move" the desktop so it was centered on the screen without using the monitors OSD. It was a slick program. I really dislike having to adjust the horizontal OSD menu everytime I go from Windows to Fedora. My Monitors OSD is a big hassle and hard to use.

#36 22nd October 2007, 05:22 AM

have you tried using the ATI/Nvidia Drivers an set your resolution up in there? backup your existing config though, an setup the new resolution

marcrblevins · #37 22nd October 2007, 05:23 AM

I looked for it in KDE, I don't see it. Maybe its in Gnome environment.

kona0197 · #38 22nd October 2007, 05:26 AM

Maybe F7 doesn't have it at all since SuSE had it in KDE...

This sucks. I guess a new monitor with an automatic adjust feature is on the list...

nick.stumpos · #39 22nd October 2007, 05:40 AM

you could try setting the position with xrandr, but I think that is more meant if you have a bigger virtual desktop like in a dual head situation.

nick.stumpos · #40 22nd October 2007, 05:49 AM

Well if its anby help the program in suse is called Xfine2, but i cant seem to find anything like it for any other distro nor the source itself so i have no idea how it works

kona0197 · #41 22nd October 2007, 05:54 AM

I found a solution. Someone mentioned changing resolution so I did from 60 Hz to 85 Hz. screen is now centered. I hope having the Hz up so high doesn't hurt nothing.

As far as ntfs-3g goes - it's installed. How and what do I edit to get the NTFS up and able to read/write to?

nick.stumpos · #42 22nd October 2007, 05:57 AM

ig its installed you should be able to just mount the drive
what does fdisk -l say

Reindeer · #43 22nd October 2007, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123@linux

It could be the meagre hardware he is running

Code:

Dell Optiplex GX-150 | Intel Celeron 1.0 GHz | 256 MB SDRAM

OpenOffice 2.2 takes 1 second to load on my machine.
Loading times are very hardware specific.
The Intel Celeron was never a powerhouse.
I'm surprised that you get OpenOffice to load that fast, given the small memory footprint that you have.

kona0197 · #44 22nd October 2007, 06:04 AM

Reindeer - I just used a stopwatch to time myself opening OO writer. 39.88 seconds flat from menu selection to a usable OO writer prompt.

Nickisgod1 - What is the code I use to view fdisk?

kona0197 · #45 22nd October 2007, 06:10 AM

Oh by the way how do you get GNOME to quit opening a new window whilw browsing in the file manager? Quite annoying...

I'm looking for one file and I have 20 windows open. LOL