[plug] X resolutions for presentations using a laptop

[William Kenworthy]

An ugly kludge I am trying to avoid (I already use scripts to create a
non-network config for standalone presentations).  It would be much
easier if I could do a screen setup that would select from my two
configs when connected to the correct monitor - LCD with no monitor, sun
when at the desktop, and a third when an "unknown" monitor/projector is
present - or my preference, boot into laptop and just select 1024x768
when switching to the projector.  But currently its the virtual viewport
thats the problem - someone must have overcome this as it seems a real
shortcoming for a laptop in particular.

My current solution will be to remove the 1400x1050 LCD from the laptop
string and just boot when at the projector.  I normally boot into X and
try to have it setup before the session.

BillK

On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 10:56, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:
> On 6 Aug 2002, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> 
> > Using the ctrl-alt-+/- keys to switch resolutions in X magnifies the
> > screen in a virtual desktop in all versions of X that I have used. 
> > Instead, I need to be able to switch resolutions to so I can have a
> > normal desktop at each resolution.  Reading the X docs and trying a few
> > different setups has not allowed me to do this yet.
> 
> When you "shrink" your physical res. from say "1280x1024" to "1024x768",
> then X _will_ leave your desktop size at the latter.  TTBOMK there is no
> way to stop that from happening without exiting X altogther and restarting it
> with a different/modified config file.

-- 
William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
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