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 > > > > ><snip> > > > > 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 > <snip sig stuff> -- 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/20060406/0f9ee4c4/attachment-0005.sig>