1024x600 Display

[Hervé Gilibert-2]

Hello,
Is there a way to run GPSDRIVE on Dell mini inspiron 9 (Ubuntu 8.04)
1024x600 display whithout hiding the bottom part of the display ?
Thanks in advance.
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[Mark Oellermann]

With some limitations - a bit annoying that the display won't shrink below a certain limit. but there are a couple of things you can do (from my experience with my 800x480 EEEPC 701 :).

#1 - the geometry options on startup (-g <width>x<height>) are limited by the display mode you choose. the default display mode won't go below a limit. To really shrink your display you need to try the "-M pda" option, to change the display mode for PDA. Downside is you have three tabs, one for each major display section. Not so bad in most cases. Slightly irritating also is that selecting PDA mode resets your font and some colour selections. WHY I DO NOT KNOW????
#2 - The car mode (-M car) is only slightly different from the std mode and at least allows you to push some non-critical (for me anyway) information off the screen.

I now run a limited number of map sets (to keep the list short), am running eeebuntu NBR (so have max screen real-estate, no titlebars or window borders etc) and use the following launcher to start it -
gpsdrive -S -q -M car -g 687x454

you may need to experiment with the geometry settings on yours.
Hope this helps.

2009/4/2 Hervé Gilibert <Herve.Gilibert@...>

Hello,
Is there a way to run GPSDRIVE on Dell mini inspiron 9 (Ubuntu 8.04) 1024x600 display whithout hiding the bottom part of the display ?
Thanks in advance.
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Hervé
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[Hervé Gilibert-2]

Mark Oellermann a écrit :

> With some limitations - a bit annoying that the display won't shrink
> below a certain limit. but there are a couple of things you can do
> (from my experience with my 800x480 EEEPC 701 :).
>
> #1 - the geometry options on startup (-g <width>x<height>) are limited
> by the display mode you choose. the default display mode won't go
> below a limit. To really shrink your display you need to try the "-M
> pda" option, to change the display mode for PDA. Downside is you have
> three tabs, one for each major display section. Not so bad in most
> cases. Slightly irritating also is that selecting PDA mode resets your
> font and some colour selections. WHY I DO NOT KNOW????
> #2 - The car mode (-M car) is only slightly different from the std
> mode and at least allows you to push some non-critical (for me anyway)
> information off the screen.
>
> I now run a limited number of map sets (to keep the list short), am
> running eeebuntu NBR (so have max screen real-estate, no titlebars or
> window borders etc) and use the following launcher to start it -
> gpsdrive -S -q -M car -g 687x454
>
> you may need to experiment with the geometry settings on yours.
> Hope this helps.
>

Thanks Mark, I'll use -M pda and it's OK for me.
With this option I were able to see that GPSDRIVE couldn't communicate
whith my GPS.
I'll post this new problem soon ....
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[Guenther Meyer]

Am Donnerstag 02 April 2009 schrieb Mark Oellermann:

> With some limitations - a bit annoying that the display won't shrink below
> a certain limit. but there are a couple of things you can do (from my
> experience with my 800x480 EEEPC 701 :).
>
> #1 - the geometry options on startup (-g <width>x<height>) are limited by
> the display mode you choose. the default display mode won't go below a
> limit. To really shrink your display you need to try the "-M pda" option,
> to change the display mode for PDA. Downside is you have three tabs, one
> for each major display section. Not so bad in most cases. Slightly
> irritating also is that selecting PDA mode resets your font and some colour
> selections. WHY I DO NOT KNOW????

the same settings have been used for all modes, and starting in pda mode

always modified these to hardcoded values. fixed in current versions

> #2 - The car mode (-M car) is only slightly different from the std mode and
> at least allows you to push some non-critical (for me anyway) information
> off the screen.
>
additionally you can configure now, which of the menu buttons to the left are
shown. also the whole menubar and the dashboard now can be hidden if desired.



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[Mark Oellermann]

Excellent News!!! Thank you Guenther (& other devs) I'll have to update.

2009/4/4 Guenther Meyer <d.s.e@...>

> Slightly irritating also is that selecting PDA mode resets your font and some colour
> selections. WHY I DO NOT KNOW????

the same settings have been used for all modes, and starting in pda mode
always modified these to hardcoded values. fixed in current versions

> #2 - The car mode (-M car) is only slightly different from the std mode and
> at least allows you to push some non-critical (for me anyway) information
> off the screen.
>

additionally you can configure now, which of the menu buttons to the left are
shown. also the whole menubar and the dashboard now can be hidden if desired.

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