[wplug] gnome display messed up for normal users ok for root

Eric C. Cooper ecc at cmu.edu
Fri Oct 22 10:28:48 EDT 2004


On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 08:49:40AM -0400, John Harrold wrote:
> There is a guy here who's having trouble with gnome. He logged in today to
> find the display somewhat unreadable. Sort of like when your monitor
> resolution is too high --- windows chopped up a bit and appearing in
> multiple locations. The crux is that it looks fine when root logs in. To
> test this he first deleted all of his configuration files and then logged
> in. The same problem was still present. Next he created a new user, logged
> in as that user, and the problem persisted with the new user. 

If the display is usable enough, try the "Screen Resolution" control
panel under Desktop Preferences.

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u


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