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Group: alt.os.linux.mandriva · Group Profile · Search for Desktop icons are wandering in alt.os.linux.mandriva
Author: Bit Twister
Date: May 13, 2010 23:08

... wrote: a vga argument on kernel line in menu.lst, which matches your desktop value. Begs the question: How to find the 'desktop value'! If ... the screen setup at boot time should impinge on the eventual screen setup relevent to one's own desktop parameters. I understand where you are coming from, but, having seen my icons jump after resolution changes, and while in ...
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Author: Maurice Batey
Date: May 13, 2010 21:50

...+0000, Bit Twister wrote: a vga argument on kernel line in menu.lst, which matches your desktop value. Begs the question: How to find the 'desktop value'! Also, I don'... screen setup at boot time should impinge on the eventual screen setup relevent to one's own desktop parameters. I have nVidia graphics, by the way, and the proprietary driver, using a 1920x1080 monitor. --...
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Author: Bit Twister
Date: May 13, 2010 20:43

...may be different than user resolution. (5) How to look into resolving such a difference? Closest thing I can recommend is a vga argument on kernel line in menu.lst, which matches your desktop value. Example: title Beta_2 kernel (hd1,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=Beta_2 root=LABEL=alpha irqpoll vga=794 initrd (hd1,4)/boot/initrd.img mcc->boot->set boot system, NEXT, Modify, ...
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Author: Bit Twister
Date: May 13, 2010 18:29

...>> /etc/sysconfig/speedboot OK, thanks BT - I did that and re-booted. Much better now, but all icons except the three 'widget' icons...have still moved some 5mm vertically upwards. At least the icons (not widgets) have maintained horizontal alignment. ... screen resolution it saw during its startup and set icon placement. With speedboot=no all daemon/services were able to ...
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Author: Maurice Batey
Date: May 13, 2010 18:08

.... set speedboot to no in /etc/sysconfig/speedboot OK, thanks BT - I did that and re-booted. Much better now, but all icons except the three 'widget' icons at the bottom of the screen have still moved some 5mm vertically upwards. At least the icons (not widgets) have maintained horizontal alignment. Weird... -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid...
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Author: Maurice Batey
Date: May 13, 2010 23:48

On Wed, 12 May 2010 21:58:20 -0500, Patrick Phillips wrote: I've always used 'restore saved or restore last session' Just tried that, then re-booted. Problem still occurred. :-( -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email)
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Author: Maurice Batey
Date: May 13, 2010 23:47

On Thu, 13 May 2010 21:08:05 +0000, Bit Twister wrote: If installed, xdpyinfo, snippet follows $ xdpyinfo screen #0: print screen: no dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (483x272 millimeters) resolution: 101x101 dots per inch depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32 root window id: 0x13c depth of root...
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Author: Maurice Batey
Date: May 13, 2010 20:07

On Thu, 13 May 2010 17:24:17 +0000, Bit Twister wrote: If 5 then default login screen resolution may be different than user resolution. (5) How to look into resolving such a difference? -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email)
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Author: Bit Twister
Date: May 13, 2010 19:24

On Thu, 13 May 2010 17:40:27 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote: On Thu, 13 May 2010 16:29:44 +0000, Bit Twister wrote: if the speedboot fixed the problem Well it hasn't *solved* it, because they have still moved upwards, but at least it's an improvement. :-) Weird because I've never had this problem before, and can't even guess what is causing then to slip upwards at each ...
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Author: Maurice Batey
Date: May 13, 2010 18:40

On Thu, 13 May 2010 16:29:44 +0000, Bit Twister wrote: if the speedboot fixed the problem Well it hasn't *solved* it, because they have still moved upwards, but at least it's an improvement. :-) Weird because I've never had this problem before, and can't even guess what is causing then to slip upwards at each boot. (Also, I didn't notice the absence of Speedboot caused any ...
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