[plug] X resolutions for presentations using a laptop

[Craig Foster]

How about a script on the desktop to copy config.10x7 to XF86Config-4
and one for config 14x15, and just get the script to kill -HUP XDM, GDM
or whatever...

Change the config file, and kill/restart X  - all you see is a
flicker... And Gnome or KDE starting again.

Just remember to close all apps :)


Dunno, it kinda makes kludgey sense to me :P


Craig F.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Kenworthy [mailto:billk at iinet.net.au] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 6:08 AM
> To: Plug List
> Subject: [plug] X resolutions for presentations using a laptop
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> The reason is when I use the laptop for a presentation, I have to boot
> it connected to the projector for X to start in the correct resolution
> (usually 1024x768), or it defaults to the LCD 1400x1050 unless I edit
> the config file for the session beforehand (preset the default to
> 1024x768).
> 
> Another more minor bugbear, is that switching between screens 
> (i.e., LCD
> and external) usually forces both to use the same resolution - the
> 1024x768 occupying the centre of the larger LCD.
> 
> Suggestions welcome!
> 
> BillK
> 
> 
> 
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