4.3.1 icons, text too large on 1200 x 780 screen

[menno]

I running puppy 431 on a screen of 1200x780 .
All the icons and text font are so large .
Is there a way to change them all ?

[paulh]

The screen font size can be changed easily. Click on the menu button in the lower left corner of the desktop and go to Desktop/Select global font size. Click on the button marked 60, which is the smallest font size. The size does not change until the computer is rebooted.

I do not know of any easy way to decrease the icons' size. If you feel really strongly about the size, I suppose you could resize them in a paint program. They are located in subdirectories of the usr/local/lib/X11 directory.

[disciple]

I do not know of any easy way to decrease the icons' size. If you feel really strongly about the size, I suppose you could resize them in a paint program. They are located in subdirectories of the usr/local/lib/X11 directory.

This is referring to the pinboard (~desktop) icons of course.

The size does not change until the computer is rebooted.

You can just restart X instead of rebooting.

[paulh]

Forgot to write that this info is from my Puppy 4.21 full install. I expect that it is the same in Puppy 4.31, though.

[Flash]

It sounds like you have the wrong video resolution for your display. Have you tried to fix it with the X video wizard? (The Setup icon on your desktop.)

Also, see if one of these updated video drivers is appropriate for your computer. If it is, install it then re-run the X video wizard. That might fix your problem.