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kde-systemsettings package

My icons are huge

Asked by Tom Henderson

I just started the computer an my screen resolution has changed. All of my icons and fonts are now huge. I can scarcely see a quarter of the screen at a time. I tried to correct it through system settings>monitors, but the thing says it is already set to the highest resolution allowed. What is going on and how do I fix it?

Don't tell me I have to reinstall the OS

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Best draeklae (augusto-bodanese-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Generally, this is an alteration on your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
The easiest way to fix this is as follows:
1. At your login screen, press F1. Linux will drop to prompt login
2. Enter your user/password as requested by the system
3. When you are logged on, type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Sudo will ask your password, enter it. This is necessary to perform a root operation.
The system will run some reconfiguring, hopefully solving your problem along the way.
4. Type:

sudo shutdown -r now

This will restart the computer. After it does, login normally.

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Tom Henderson (zognorp) said : 		#2

The answer did not say where to type this so I typed it in run command. It did nothing. What am I doing wrong?

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Tom Henderson (zognorp) said : 		#3

I tried typing this in konsole and the problem is now solved. Thank you Draeklae!

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Tom Henderson (zognorp) said : 		#4

Thanks draeklae, that solved my question.