[ gpsdrive ] 1024x600 Display

[Hervé Gilibert]

Mark Oellermann a écrit :
> With some limitations - a bit annoying that the display won't shrink 
> below a certain limit. but there are a couple of things you can do 
> (from my experience with my 800x480 EEEPC 701 :).
>
> #1 - the geometry options on startup (-g <width>x<height>) are limited 
> by the display mode you choose. the default display mode won't go 
> below a limit. To really shrink your display you need to try the "-M 
> pda" option, to change the display mode for PDA. Downside is you have 
> three tabs, one for each major display section. Not so bad in most 
> cases. Slightly irritating also is that selecting PDA mode resets your 
> font and some colour selections. WHY I DO NOT KNOW????
> #2 - The car mode (-M car) is only slightly different from the std 
> mode and at least allows you to push some non-critical (for me anyway) 
> information off the screen.
>
> I now run a limited number of map sets (to keep the list short), am 
> running eeebuntu NBR (so have max screen real-estate, no titlebars or 
> window borders etc) and use the following launcher to start it -
> gpsdrive -S -q -M car -g 687x454
>
> you may need to experiment with the geometry settings on yours.
> Hope this helps.
>
Thanks Mark, I'll use -M pda and it's OK for me.
With this option I were able to see that GPSDRIVE couldn't communicate 
whith my GPS.
I'll post this new problem soon ....