well.... maybe it has something to do with the version. I'm dowwnloading to install 17.3cinnamon . On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > Nope... the reinstall didn't help any. The windows are strange. They do > not have any type of border around them nor the 'x' or line or box > (close/min/max). > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> this is kinda weird..... I upgraded from Mint17.2mate to 17.3 mate. I >> worked with it a little and upon my next start up the icons and everything >> else was big like the resolution was wrong. Too bad the resolution could >> not be changed... don't know why but it couldn't be. So I did a reinstall >> of / (just 17) but when I started the computer afterwards the window >> manager was not what I expected it to be. I upgraded it but that didn't >> help any. I even did a dist-upgrade. If I remember correctly this happened >> to me before and another install corrected things. We shall see! >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Stephen Partington >> wrote: >> >>> this seems to me an issue from almost 10 years ago where X would just >>> forget anything about the screen/monitor and you would have to manually >>> specify that information. >>> >>> Is this really an issue where the rendering engine will just completely >>> loose its screen geometry and never accept it back? >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: >>> >>>> Unless you are planning on also starting over from scratch with your >>>> user account, any setting that is effecting you will probably carry over to >>>> the new install when you copy/preserve your home directory. >>>> >>>> What does the output look like from: >>>> >>>> xrandr -q >>>> >>>> Brian Cluff >>>> >>>> >>>> On 01/08/2016 11:27 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the warning. To fix this I'm going to reinstall / . >>>> Hopefully it isn't a saved setting. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: >>>> >>>>> When you get your monitor to show the correct resolution again, I >>>>> would suggest that you never turn off your monitor, unless you also turn >>>>> off your computer. Instead, set your power management to put your monitor >>>>> to sleep. >>>>> If you turn your monitor off while your system is still on, your >>>>> system assumes that it has no monitors at all and when you turn the monitor >>>>> back on it treats it like you are hot plugging a new display on your system >>>>> and configures it from scratch, hence the changed resolution. If your >>>>> monitor is asleep, it will continue to tell your computer that it's still >>>>> there so your random config changes won't happen. >>>>> >>>>> If you want a way to suspend your monitor immediately, create an icon >>>>> that runs this command: >>>>> >>>>> xset dpms force standby >>>>> >>>>> Alternatively you could hard code your monitor into the X11 settings >>>>> so that it always knows it's there... but I wouldn't recommend that. >>>>> >>>>> Brian Cluff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 01/07/2016 09:41 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I turned my computer off and went to watch tv. I turned my computer on >>>>> about 2 hours later and the resolution had changed (I think). This has >>>>> happened before and a restart would fix the problem... but not this time. >>>>> So I open the control panel and go to 'monitors' and it is set to 640x480. >>>>> I think one of those numbers should be 1080 but when I click the arrows to >>>>> select another resolution nothing appears, just the option to choose >>>>> 640x480. Any one know how tofix such a problem? I run ubuntu. >>>>> Maybe it has something to do with the dist-upgrade I did the last time >>>>> I run the computer. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: