Hi David!
I just had a quick look at the gFTP site and it recommends running X Windows
in 800x600 mode so it would be my guess that it is a software issue which
may possibly be non-configurable. Perhaps other people have any other
thoughts on this?
-- Karl Ryan > From: David Aldred <david@familyaldred.org.uk> > Organization: none > Reply-To: <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:58:07 +0000 > To: <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Subject: [Nottingham] Small screen, big apps.... > > > Hello again, everyone! > > I'm playing with a very small computer - a Toshiba Libretto - and having a > reasonable degree of success running linux on it. > > One problem I can't get round at the moment is this: quite a lot of X > applications seem to be running on the assupmtion that my screen size is a > lot bigger than it is. I've only got 640x480 reolution. > > Taking gftp as an example, when it starts I can only see about half the gftp > window. The font size is enormous, and even if could shrink the font the > rest of it (input boxes etc) wouldn't fit on the screen. > > The basic window manager (fluxbox), rxvt, and many other applications seem > fine - it's just a few of them, presumably based on the same underlying > library of config file somewhere, which are troublesome. > > The two examples I can find quickly are gftp and gvim - the leading 'g' may > well be significant..... > > -- > David Aldred > > _______________________________________________ > Nottingham mailing list > Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham _______________________________________________ Nottingham mailing list Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottinghamReceived on Thu Mar 02 00:41:20 2006