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Everything LARGE O_O To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <34ea5003-9d26-f379-35b9-aa638942d2ad@gmail.com> <1891512.tdWV9SEqCh@rogueboard> <6692ea93-72fa-2242-0039-39fc538b9a26@gmail.com> From: Dale Autocrypt: addr=rdalek1967@gmail.com; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mQINBGFSciYBEADcEGMyJBSuavKO/XKUVvgkxck7Nl8Iuu8N2lcnRji/rSKg5c1Acix1ll9i oW8JBCHwvn0+Xy60BvEsqcup3YSHw5STl/bR1ePEehtnYrg8FdjdS91+B805RfnKMm69rFVI wLSBHQrSG1yxHd8CloWoEdhmVtP24buajbh114bgXd9ahtpZrCVMrWdWYUg2mEXguGV5uNAh Rf8SWxDNc79w24JxsV34a8niMUYMjzWr0rafIbzk732X38vGjVMLo/2mMpkbp9mPp++LHoY+ 0Pet8zxxdXPJSCd475kza1AD+hhSyBZXB9yknYWgyY3cZe1rGmooJSi2KX4QxO7npwLThcO1 be6KKRkd35+Fi/a1BzVOHsZMiK/gcwxEFoMd27gir4ehaeHJfFXl+65w4hj0EsOZSxrJrm2C R50g5By2czSKP1bADEygFNpIJj51AR+wM88NImG2RPtlT2maYBzazvF05g65cdHXGp1C7W5P wwwKU2DgABB2t7N7z5A69LnryBRw4zUYDRRYLTYlBlYgg+xILm2c0OrBdxJgLJa7JE50Eo25 d3PFwt9J0gYvqy6sPFLl9So0sDg9zm0hKQtXOP5kgropUFGrNoJI+mjwF4rYLRBVzZwNAvlO OhEvHubBo3mEllv4x+FeptwXZxlk7gUsdqI8AxnFB8K9wi6FVQARAQABtBtEYWxlIDxyZGFs ZWsxOTY3QGdtYWlsLmNvbT6JAk4EEwEIADgCGyMFCwkIBwIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AW IQQSG1h01ruv/WNXc3Q3RqOgiQH1GwUCYVJy8gAKCRA3RqOgiQH1G+waEACeTZCt77jnRAmQ AV7otKuZekDWiLi3Eig8tj5ZJiCNSYA/hIxzmexRP0GMqjitcXK1iGwWcvMzzvIq30GAjIfB 4BR38cnXbtBa6fNewiT7QaZe/Hn6yBRldXNQypzbHy+/o27bUEy+oX4rE7etUgEHQAjuw7xz XFWg4tH1/KJvsOVY5upnWc5LdxYhsuQ3dQD4b22GsK0pOBDfb9PiirYM8eGKvrVuq4E/c75z lDDFhINl18lNZ9D0ZFL3IkTjHsAAqFH9uhnnEB8CWdHbBewPEfRaOhBUYWZ3Q8uTkmDgZT8q D9jlvLEdw7Nh2ApdxoepnI/4D+ql2Gr4DtH7SEPydr5gcf1Qr/2bXRb1hAYnIVcbncs/Bm3Z bkRKPVWMfE3Fusa+p5hMzixk0YysMaTHlc7mYRYAEZGnPMXnmcCbetwARU7A0yz1M1kCMOAQ Lsz8KH5kv3cRenMB6SFfjND2JfAK61H5TtnPq3L8noS2ZykRYxq9Nm3X64O1tJojIKBoZFr8 AwYNCvqC6puUyGMuzHPh7jPof8glfrrEKIYUvNPGMDoVX3IGetxh/9l6NcxgFA4JGoR+LS3C zmeNrwlllAe3OEUfKoWVQ+pagpSdM+8hHolaSda4Ys66Z3fCR4ZvcTqfhTAVskpqdXa4isAk 7vTcXu3L499ttywEp7rJTbkCDQRhUnImARAAncUdVhmtRr59zqpTUppKroQYlzR0jv8oa7DG K4gakTAT2N7evnI9wpssmzyVk8VEiLzhnFQ/Ol3FRt6hZCXDJt0clyHOyTfvz/MNFttWuZTc mLpSvmRR6VRjAH+Tz3Eam2xUw3PGuH97BcXQ3NnX3msv1UDxtxxBu6e2YrdeOhrCUSgzokcJ 98ChUNy934cgepPybAI12lSWqVFQ1aG7jExZfiUk+333fPSDbpKoZbTW5YJLXbycmW/C1IWL qYQyNjRWKaGoJtUWFhhmNiOQct7n90aKivNVPavmN+UQ9LlMaINtf9T6XCzLfogCFsulDCDJ 0yNQLDTurHaB4E71xoctgXmLLq9z1RQ0W2XiVAAOZQj6K3+d0AOUjDhCQ2QW8dUSq0ckkZXV DKVJOGS8Nhf2eIWIqRnP3AcUiiaiFGqUaVUmUAZ6h/oJmgghEu/1S+pcuUKU5i69+XCZ3hH2 Jzwzbf7K+FAIkOhCfHncF8i1N1pk00pOVykNnqHTfFo3qFusHt0ZWgXVnnn4pYdXqZNoDhvF BRE5Vm4k/k96Pw8HRx6Os6eFSRrlqGzRgqsu86FekxusXB9UGv4lJhtU/J+8MRWsh22K718s DbQnABicGKFz1qQlWvcf59oTByhLINJCBt1WXl+TzJDXepr3QSkqmK41dO9Hob97C9dMiK8A EQEAAYkCNgQYAQgAIAIbDBYhBBIbWHTWu6/9Y1dzdDdGo6CJAfUbBQJhUnLyAAoJEDdGo6CJ AfUbVHIQAKSWw620vPhR3A/njU2z77F3z/Jk+HTKdE3fIyWSWdkYN7CBFL0NguOMP30WZ+qE sJhZu7T5hf251MwQUUt27xlfnKYOmQs7CqONlXuXlGZI6WufrUjxNcVz+5gJsqvUWuuJWsgg sDmE92IBnfG/f81fPHWQyfr/SF4wYDMyoFp5xCCQpp1zB63iuFvvrhxBkEHzmbRtVDOhl0Xp BVEDR1w3QRACw9QJD/KM05Czv9JNQYlwinWO/OaQ9cMlUpKLgswUPg9IZ5vucxScfuAUA5uC B1jlAQ8ZPlVukBmbEv5RGOv+lpuEbA3YDMVtEeH4YMFbjt/+vH3Cr2vTbp5JlpByLburJEH0 WXZLUawEfUsZvVwpOuJK75vaa2HYXee+Cb3iCIzwfIfctdlqzUcbGRczlRNM59hpvj4z29Gh 3kAxVHItAYq54ikxQ9l4hQ8s9sLYPbX/WtcBxNX8crBSw0FLnmzGleVEtBHyqtt5CLzQNgrj GYWl1vKDUmRPw1CdZ1c+fMN9CY11jOM5B5ZnqZWfDeVYO2iJ5SuvTycChexCb8WYn1bdCBIo bBtga2RBXbVt4Mh9E4owsszefn51MwfjXxB20Fc5k3GU1AVpTCMs3ayYCzo0b2pvEvdjtDcA CYLEFPWgaFX9iQAM/CDfKvTtvgGWpqtCL2raq/mQoJEU Message-ID: Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 04:59:30 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------943D749474072212B64BBA05" X-Archives-Salt: b60a6472-4607-4d8d-a111-fd638034e9ae X-Archives-Hash: 532fbc864791e1ffbaac0b71b6d28a85 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------943D749474072212B64BBA05 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 12:44 PM Dale > wrote: > > > I tried it with those options and without.  Neither changed anything.  I > > originally tried it with no xorg.conf at all.  I was hoping maybe the > > Nvidia GUI thing would adjust things.  I may try that again.  No > > xorg.conf and use the GUI thing.  That's what I use to set up my TV and > > such anyway.  Thing is, the sddm screen is HUGE too. > > > :-)  :-) > > ??? > > xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution > > ??? I booted my new rig up again.  Dang that thing.  It was HUGE again.  I started reading stuff, mainly about xorg.conf and the available settings.  I changed all sorts of stuff, including some things Micheal suggested.  I restarted DM each time.  I was about ready to toss it in the old minnow pond, that's where everything goes to die here.  Lots of CRT monitors in there.  LOL  Anyway, I had to install that package to run that command.  It spit out a oops when I tried to run it after a copy and paste.  I also installed it on my main rig, just to compare.  On the new rig, the DPI was a fairly large number.  I thought I had the output saved but it seems to be gone.  My main rig tho showed 80x80 dots per inch.  I did a duck search, finally found how to set that.  I then restarted DM and YEPPIE!!!  It was a normal size again.  Now the monitor on my main rig is a bit older too.  Maybe 6 or 7 years???  Should newer monitors be set to a higher number for DPI?  Is that normal?  Why was it using such a high number by default?  I want to say one was like 200 or something.  It was quite large.  The reason I'm asking, I may need to set something else to make the screen the right size but let it use that larger dpi number, if that is what the newer monitor prefers to use.  Now to reboot, see if I have thoughts of that minnow pond again.  :/  Dale :-)  :-)  P. S.  Funny story.  I picked basil again today.  I wash it in cold water with salt mixed in.  The salt acts like a detergent but without a nasty taste and easy to rinse off.  Anyway, ran out of salt.  I have large ammo cans that I store stuff in that I want to keep dry, with some silica packs to help keep it dry.  Anyway, I started looking for the can with salt wrote on a post it note stuck to it.  I looked everywhere I could think of.  Finally, I came to my room and took a break.  Then I noticed what the new rig was sitting on.  The ammo can with salt wrote on a post it note stuck to it.  That case was pretty heavy empty but it is really heavy now with the extra stuff in it.  Anyway, after unhooking everything, moving the monitor out of the way and all, I got some more salt.  Given the problems I'm having, I took out two things of salt, in case it takes a while to beat the new rig into submission.  Oh, I got a LOT of basil now.  Should last me several years.  I've had to move to larger jars twice now.  I had almost another ice cream bucket full which was 5 trays worth in my dehydrator.  O_O  --------------943D749474072212B64BBA05 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Mark Knecht wrote:


On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 12:44 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
> I tried it with those options and without.  Neither changed anything.  I
> originally tried it with no xorg.conf at all.  I was hoping maybe the
> Nvidia GUI thing would adjust things.  I may try that again.  No
> xorg.conf and use the GUI thing.  That's what I use to set up my TV and
> such anyway.  Thing is, the sddm screen is HUGE too.
<SNIP>
> :-)  :-)

???

xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution

???


I booted my new rig up again.  Dang that thing.  It was HUGE again.  I started reading stuff, mainly about xorg.conf and the available settings.  I changed all sorts of stuff, including some things Micheal suggested.  I restarted DM each time.  I was about ready to toss it in the old minnow pond, that's where everything goes to die here.  Lots of CRT monitors in there.  LOL  Anyway, I had to install that package to run that command.  It spit out a oops when I tried to run it after a copy and paste.  I also installed it on my main rig, just to compare.  On the new rig, the DPI was a fairly large number.  I thought I had the output saved but it seems to be gone.  My main rig tho showed 80x80 dots per inch.  I did a duck search, finally found how to set that.  I then restarted DM and YEPPIE!!!  It was a normal size again. 

Now the monitor on my main rig is a bit older too.  Maybe 6 or 7 years???  Should newer monitors be set to a higher number for DPI?  Is that normal?  Why was it using such a high number by default?  I want to say one was like 200 or something.  It was quite large.  The reason I'm asking, I may need to set something else to make the screen the right size but let it use that larger dpi number, if that is what the newer monitor prefers to use. 

Now to reboot, see if I have thoughts of that minnow pond again.  :/ 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

P. S.  Funny story.  I picked basil again today.  I wash it in cold water with salt mixed in.  The salt acts like a detergent but without a nasty taste and easy to rinse off.  Anyway, ran out of salt.  I have large ammo cans that I store stuff in that I want to keep dry, with some silica packs to help keep it dry.  Anyway, I started looking for the can with salt wrote on a post it note stuck to it.  I looked everywhere I could think of.  Finally, I came to my room and took a break.  Then I noticed what the new rig was sitting on.  The ammo can with salt wrote on a post it note stuck to it.  That case was pretty heavy empty but it is really heavy now with the extra stuff in it.  Anyway, after unhooking everything, moving the monitor out of the way and all, I got some more salt.  Given the problems I'm having, I took out two things of salt, in case it takes a while to beat the new rig into submission. 

Oh, I got a LOT of basil now.  Should last me several years.  I've had to move to larger jars twice now.  I had almost another ice cream bucket full which was 5 trays worth in my dehydrator.  O_O 
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