Thanks for the help guys. To resize my screen I had to go through the GUI part and change it but unlike Microsoft it makes me reboot in order for it to take affect which sucks. The Ctrl Alt +/- does not work. As for adding a printer someone finally gave me the link to the correct document which showed how to do it. I received a link where you can download the CentOS manual in PDF format: http://www.centos.org/docs/4/pdf/ but the guy didn't tell me which manual I'm suppose to download. I cant tell what's what by the name so unless someone here can point me in the right directions I'm still waiting on their response. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060407/d78f2c90/attachment-0001.html>
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 07:33:39AM -0500, Chris Peikert enlightened us:> Thanks for the help guys. To resize my screen I had to go through the GUI > part and change it but unlike Microsoft it makes me reboot in order for it > to take affect which sucks. The Ctrl Alt +/- does not work. >You just had to log out and back in, shouldn't need to reboot.> > > As for adding a printer someone finally gave me the link to the correct > document which showed how to do it. I received a link where you can download > the CentOS manual in PDF format: http://www.centos.org/docs/4/pdf/ but the > guy didn't tell me which manual I'm suppose to download. I cant tell what's > what by the name so unless someone here can point me in the right directions > I'm still waiting on their response. >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ has more verbose descriptions of the filenames. e.g. rhel-ig-* is the "Installation Guide". rhel-isa-* is the "Introduction to Systems Administration". I would probably suggest reading the Step By Step, Intro to Sys Admin and the RHEL Reference Guide as a start. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 07:33 -0500, Chris Peikert wrote:> Thanks for the help guys. To resize my screen I had to go through the > GUI part and change it but unlike Microsoft it makes me reboot in > order for it to take affect which sucks. The Ctrl Alt +/- does not > work.Geez! What am I doing wrong? I've been using this for *years*. Recall thye aprt I said "... to get multiple resolutions"? Apparently you don't have multiple resolutions yet. I have 4 resolutions that I cycle through using <ctrl>-<alt> with numeric keypad + or -. If you find your xorg.conf file, see if you have a line similar to this Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" If not, you only have a single fixed resolution and the <ctl> thingy has nothing to do.> <snip>-- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060407/cb5dfd27/attachment-0001.sig>
On 07/04/06, Chris Peikert <c.peikert at co.matagorda.tx.us> wrote:> > Thanks for the help guys. To resize my screen I had to go through the GUI > part and change it but unlike Microsoft it makes me reboot in order for it > to take affect which sucks. The Ctrl Alt +/- does not work. >As root or sudo service gdm restart should do it.> > As for adding a printer someone finally gave me the link to the correct > document which showed how to do it. I received a link where you can download > the CentOS manual in PDF format: > http://www.centos.org/docs/4/pdf/ but the guy didn't tell > me which manual I'm suppose to download. I cant tell what's what by the name > so unless someone here can point me in the right directions I'm still > waiting on their response.If you are looking to be sppon fed....!!!??? bye..... -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux
I was unable to find a xorg.conf file. Bloody Linux does not have a search feature to find the files and I have been unsuccessful in locating it. When I go to the GUI portion to change resolutions I have the same options as you listed below. As for rebooting vs logging out ... I still haven't figured out how to log out. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of William L. Maltby Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 7:55 AM To: CentOS General List Subject: Re: [CentOS] Thanks On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 07:33 -0500, Chris Peikert wrote:> Thanks for the help guys. To resize my screen I had to go through the > GUI part and change it but unlike Microsoft it makes me reboot in > order for it to take affect which sucks. The Ctrl Alt +/- does not > work.Geez! What am I doing wrong? I've been using this for *years*. Recall thye aprt I said "... to get multiple resolutions"? Apparently you don't have multiple resolutions yet. I have 4 resolutions that I cycle through using <ctrl>-<alt> with numeric keypad + or -. If you find your xorg.conf file, see if you have a line similar to this Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" If not, you only have a single fixed resolution and the <ctl> thingy has nothing to do.> <snip>-- Bill
Chris Peikert wrote:> As for rebooting vs logging out ... I still haven't figured out how > to log out.For Gnome: Click on Actions, click on Log Out. I don't have KDE installed, but there should be a log out option on the menus somewhere for it too. -- Bowie
On Friday 07 April 2006 08:33, Chris Peikert wrote:> Thanks for the help guys. To resize my screen I had to go through the GUI > part and change it but unlike Microsoft it makes me reboot in order for it > to take affect which sucks. The Ctrl Alt +/- does not work.Just as a small reminder, the Ctrl Atl +/- thing only works with the 'gray' plus and minus keys, the ones on the keypad. On my laptop, for instance, using the regular plus and minus doesn't work; I have to hit Ctrl-Alt-"Fn-/" or "Fn-;" to get the keypad plus and minus. Not sure if Numlock status does anything with the plus and minus. I have to use this combination whenever I do a new install on my Dell Inspiron 600m; it has the high-res option (1400x1050) and will not display at 800x600, the default installer resolution. I have to hit Ctrl-Alt-Fn-; to go down to 640x480 to see the install screen. I am now on Fedora Core 5 on the laptop; while CentOS 4 is a great server OS, the desktop, even with Rex's excellent KDE-Redhat work, is lacking lots of amenities that FC5 has. I really don't like being on the 6 month cycle; but, it's only been a year on the CentOS 4 side, so I guess I can upgrade to every other FC version.... -- Lamar Owen Director of Information Technology Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu