On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:42 -0500, Paul wrote:
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 22:11 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 20:53 -0500, Paul wrote:
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 15:22 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 13:32 -0500, Chris Peikert wrote:
How do you resize the screen to fit everything in it? I cant tell what
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But I'm an old CLI guy and have always gone for the shortest distance...
When I'm working servers CLI is usually the shortest way from point A to point B and for more complex things the only way.
This is assuming you are using the system in GUI mode, since you are asking a question about changing display resolution probably a good bet.
Nothing like making things more complex for a new user than needed.
Confusion was not intentional. If you had come on the scene sooner, I could have kept quiet and let you show the "right" way. I was looking for the shortest path to his immediate need. He wanted to get more on the screen.
Well in Linux there is no "right" way generally though for some users the GUI tools provided are more immediately useful and you did provide the GUI command later in the thread I saw.
The GUI stuff is the hardest for me because I grew up when there was nonesuch. Still learning it as I can. Unfortunately, it leaves me open to criticism if I try to be helpful with what I already know and end up sharing less current methodologies.
But never having been a real admin, I'm used to be half-right a lot. :-)
Regards, Paul Berger
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