Solved - Console resolutions problems

[Lars Eighner]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Marko Vojinovic wrote:

> Oh, but from the fallback mode you really have no proper perspective. You
> would need to start Gnome3 in its full-glory 3D mode, if you actually want to
> experience what the words "bloated, moron GUI" can really mean. The fallback
> mode is absolutely nowhere near the level of bloat of the full thing. ;-)
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist... :-D
>
> On a more serious note, as you are seemingly startx-ing on an "sporadically-
> need-a-gui" basis, you might be more interested in some more lightweight
> desktop environment, or maybe even just a window manager, instead of Gnome.
> There are various choices out there...

I have already yum'd fvwm. It is not the most lightweight GUI available, but
I like the huge desktop and "everything is configurable."  I just wish it
had a prettier clipboard because the athena widgets just suck.



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