PS: I am running version seven of Mint. I am running an IBM thinkpad laptop. Its pretty old. 512 mb ram. Bout all I know.
I just reinstalled it....np
[SOLVED]Screen resoluton issue
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tatelax
[SOLVED]Screen resoluton issue
I recently installed mint on my computer. It all worked great until I install World of Warcraft using WINE. I opened up WoW and then my screen resolution changed and now everything is too big. It only fixes when I plug my laptop into my TV. I have gone under the display setting and tried all of the setting but none of them work. Can someone please help me. Thanks!
PS: I am running version seven of Mint. I am running an IBM thinkpad laptop. Its pretty old. 512 mb ram. Bout all I know.
I just reinstalled it....np
PS: I am running version seven of Mint. I am running an IBM thinkpad laptop. Its pretty old. 512 mb ram. Bout all I know.
I just reinstalled it....np
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FrozenNorth
Resolution
Welcome to mint! A few things here, what kind of video card are you using? Nvidia? ATi? These are good things to know.
If you are using Nvidia; bring up a terminal and see if you have nvidia-settings installed. easiest way to do that is too make sure you are running as root and type: nvidia-settings. Either a cool little menu will come up and via the tabs there you can save a new display resolution. Is very important you do this as root, otherwise your settings will not be saved, when you reboot all will go back to big and ugly. It's pretty much the same with ATi, however you will want to install/use Envy. Which is available in the repo's or via software install, again make sure all settings changes are done while root in order to save you settings.
A little reminder; when posting a newb question, more informations is better than a little info. The more you post about the version of mint you are running, what hardware you have i.e. video card type/mem, cpu, physical mem, etc. The easier it is for the group to help muck out an answer for you, instead of wasting a post asking for that information. No brow-beating here, we've all made the same mistakes before. Take care, hope the info helps.
~Cheers
FrozenNorth
If you are using Nvidia; bring up a terminal and see if you have nvidia-settings installed. easiest way to do that is too make sure you are running as root and type: nvidia-settings. Either a cool little menu will come up and via the tabs there you can save a new display resolution. Is very important you do this as root, otherwise your settings will not be saved, when you reboot all will go back to big and ugly. It's pretty much the same with ATi, however you will want to install/use Envy. Which is available in the repo's or via software install, again make sure all settings changes are done while root in order to save you settings.
A little reminder; when posting a newb question, more informations is better than a little info. The more you post about the version of mint you are running, what hardware you have i.e. video card type/mem, cpu, physical mem, etc. The easier it is for the group to help muck out an answer for you, instead of wasting a post asking for that information. No brow-beating here, we've all made the same mistakes before. Take care, hope the info helps.
~Cheers
FrozenNorth
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DruKe
Re: Screen resoluton issue
If you are unsure what type of video adapter you have open a terminal and type
Look for ATI, NVIDIA or INTEL for the graphics adapter.
If you're unsure how to run as root, type before a command.
You say you've tried changing the settings in the display properties, is it giving you an error?
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lspciIf you're unsure how to run as root, type
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sudoYou say you've tried changing the settings in the display properties, is it giving you an error?