My windows are too big. What do I do?

When loading a new window, it appears too large for my screen. And when I go into system > preferences > hardware > screen resolution, it thinks i have a 10" screen. how do I fix that? I'm completely and utterly new to Linux, so I have no idea whatsoever of what to do. Please help.

 

Mine says the same thing. What you need to do is make the fonts smaller. At least that's what I had to do.

Code:

System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Appearance -> Fonts

I set all my font sizes to 7. Now almost every window fits on the screen.

Also, if you hold down alt while clicking and dragging you can move a window around. However, if you have wobbly windows on you won't be able to get the window to go up any higher.

 

Not sure if this is possible for you, but if you can manipulate the dots-per-inch setting then you can make everything as small or big as you like.

As far as I understand it it is like this:

number-of-pixels / physical-size-in-inch = dots-per-inch

So a higher dots-per-inch setting makes it appear smaller.

--Japser.

 

Thanks for your help. However, I can't do anything with it right now as the screen will not turn on at all and the hard drive is alternately spinning faster and slower. Nothing's working. BIOS won't even show up. I think i might have to take it apart. Crap.