Changing dimensions of a Screen in XOrg at runtime

Reinhard Tartler siretart at gmail.com
Thu May 5 14:58:10 UTC 2005


On 5/5/05, Frank Schafer <frank.schafer at t-systems.cz> wrote:
> Put all the modes you need into your xorg.conf file like this:
> 
> ...
> Section Screen
> ...
>   Subsection Display
>   ...
>     Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
>   EndSubSection
> EndSection
> ...
> 
> Be sure you have enough video memory to show them all with the chosen
> color depth.
> To change the between the modes hit <Ctrl><Alt><+> or <Ctrl><Alt><->
> The initial mode will be the first in the "Modes" line.

Thank you, but this does not change the Virtual Desktop size. The only
way seems to be to use XRandR, explained elsewhere in this thread.

-- 
regards,
    Reinhard




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