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Re: 1024x600 Display
by Guenther Meyer
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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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> 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.
>
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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