[eevoo]

Hi folks,
Thanks to all for the excellent guidance on Linux distros here. I'm new to Linux, but I've got Mint Gloria running on my mini9 and I love it! One thing still bothers me and I wonder if anyone can help...

Certain windows cannot be maximized or made larger, for example printing PDFs in Acrobat reader. The print button cannot be clicked because it's off the viewable area of the screen.

Any tips on this from the veterans?

Thanks a million!
Nate

[eevoo]

bump - anyone have this problem? Maybe it's just me?

[reflex]

I have a couple tips/tricks/ideas.

On my Mini, I've moved the "taskbar" to the side of the screen to free up vertical space. I also use fullscreen mode when appropriate.

You could also try fiddling with the screen dpi setting to better fit the GUI onto the screen, but it might not help in some apps.

I'd also just try different apps. Evince works well for my PDF-viewing needs.

Try rotating the screen. Either via the "Display" settings dialog or via a terminal: "xrandr -o left" to display sideways, "xrandr -o normal" to revert to normal orientation.

Good luck.

[lyd753]

woah! I can rotate my screen in ubuntu ? last time I tried that in windows it killed my system

[lyd753]

I do remember this one "you can hold the alt key down then drag the panel up the screen, holding down the left mouse button, you can get to the hidden buttons.

[Carnivalesque]

Hey there -- I have the same problem but it only seems to happen when I try to print a PDF. Printing in OpenOffice gives me no issues and printing from the net is fine as well! The holding alt and dragging did not work for me (unfortunately) but rotating my screen did!!

I actually had no idea I could even do that... It stinks that I have to go through that extra step to print, but I like Mint a lot so I'm willing to use that fix and go along. Maybe someone over at the mint forums would know better?

Thanks for the advice though, you saved me a ton of trouble in terms of handling PDF printing.

[sully101]

Originally Posted by eevoo

Hi folks,
Thanks to all for the excellent guidance on Linux distros here. I'm new to Linux, but I've got Mint Gloria running on my mini9 and I love it! One thing still bothers me and I wonder if anyone can help...

Certain windows cannot be maximized or made larger, for example printing PDFs in Acrobat reader. The print button cannot be clicked because it's off the viewable area of the screen.

Any tips on this from the veterans?

Thanks a million!
Nate

Well this is an old thread but someone might read it

I use the following script when i find a web page or app that works better in a bigger screen. It enables you to pan down and get those pesky buttons at the bottom of the screen on my mini9

#!/bin/bash

# The display we want to change
DISPLAY_NO=LVDS1

#echo Changing $DISPLAY_NO
#zenity --info --text="Changing "$DISPLAY_NO --timeout=2 &

# What is the current vertical resolution
RESOLUTION=$( xrandr -q | grep $DISPLAY_NO | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | cut -d x -f 2 | cut -d + -f 1 )
#echo Current resolution $RESOLUTION

if [ $RESOLUTION -eq 600 ]
    then
    #zenity --info --text="Changed "$DISPLAY_NO" to 1024x768" --timeout=2 &
    #echo Changing to 1024x768
    xrandr --fb 1024x768 --output $DISPLAY_NO --panning 1024x768
    #zenity --notification --text="Panning Enabled 1024x768" --timeout=10 &
else
    #zenity --info --text="Changed "$DISPLAY_NO" to 1024x600" --timeout=2 &
    #echo Changing to 1024x600
    xrandr --fb 1024x600 --output $DISPLAY_NO --panning 1024x600
    #zenity --notification --text="Panning Disabled 1024x600" --timeout=10 &
fi
exit 0

if you have zenity installed and you uncomment all the coresponding lines in the script you'll get some pretty notifications. Actually notify-send would probably look better

[Isthmus]

The real issue is screen resolution. Sadly the only fix that I know of that fully get's rid of the problem is replacing the screen. The standard screen that comes with the mini 10's just doesn't have high enough resolution. replace it with the higher 1366x768 resolution screen used in the HD version. All your rendering issues will disappear. without any need to resize screen elements. You will also get rid of pixilation on smaller elements.

[reflex]

Originally Posted by Isthmus

The real issue is screen resolution. Sadly the only fix that I know of that fully get's rid of the problem is replacing the screen. The standard screen that comes with the mini 10's just doesn't have high enough resolution. replace it with the higher 1366x768 resolution screen used in the HD version. All your rendering issues will disappear. without any need to resize screen elements. You will also get rid of pixilation on smaller elements.

It doesn't always work well, but you can use "xrandr" or a similar utility to set a resolution beyond the Mini 9's physical limit. You could set the res to 1024x768 and have the screen pan, showing a 1024x600 "window" around the mouse (this solution is mentioned above), or you set the res to 1536x900 and zoom out to fit everything on screen at once.