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ubnewbie2
April 30th, 2008, 08:59 AM
I upgraded last night, and ever since, the login screen is too big to fit the screen. Luckily, enough is visible to be able to see enough that I can still actually log in. I am using the standard human theme it defaults too.
Changing the screen in system administration doesn't fix it.
How can I get it to fit?
hermes0710
April 30th, 2008, 11:02 AM
I upgraded last night, and ever since, the login screen is too big to fit the screen. Luckily, enough is visible to be able to see enough that I can still actually log in. I am using the standard human theme it defaults too.
Changing the screen in system administration doesn't fix it.
How can I get it to fit?
Go to System > Administration > Login Window and try to reapply the theme
albert.neu
April 30th, 2008, 12:31 PM
Hi!
I can confirm these problems:
1) ubuntu upgrade 8.04 login screen is too big
2) Xnest does not work, Xming does not work
Solution:
edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf e.g. with this command
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and change the resolution to something appropriate.
I changed it from
Virtual 1680 1050
to
Virtual 1280 800
ref:
http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/gdm-login-screen-resolution-too-big-to-fit-screen-try-this/
ubnewbie2
April 30th, 2008, 01:02 PM
Hi!
Solution:
edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf e.g. with this command
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and change the resolution to something appropriate.
I changed it from
Virtual 1680 1050
to
Virtual 1280 800
ref:
http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/gdm-login-screen-resolution-too-big-to-fit-screen-try-this/
Yes, this fixed it. Thank you very much
herger
November 13th, 2008, 05:09 PM
Thanks!
That works perfectly!
In my Dell XPS I put 1280x960, but it's the same.
Thanks a lot
H
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