Jeremy Whetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I searched the archives for this one, but maybe I didn't look for the > right thing. I'm trying to figure out how to do the "on-the-fly" X > screen resolution changing (via Ctrl-Alt-+ or -) with a laptop > keyboard. I know that on a "regular" keyboard that you're supposed to > use the grey keys, but how is one supposed to do it on a laptop? Any > info and pointers are appreciated...
It seems to depend upon the laptop. On my laptop (with no convenient NumLock) I would use Ctrl-Alt-Fn-; or p (';' being '-' and 'p' being '+'). Fn (or as I usually call it, "blue" (most of the labels for the alternate keystrokes it causes are in blue)) is used on my laptop's model to access NumLock, the numeric keypad, right Ctrl, right Alt, volume, monitor settings, and a few more keyboard keys (including some that require Shift). It isn't too bad, I just can't do some key combinations. And some that I can do require me to push almost every key on the left side of the keyboard while I type in numbers one at a time with the "numeric keypad". The only annoyance that I have found at this point is that xterm (and rxvt, and xvt) don't accept some of the shortcuts that I can normally use outside of X (Alt+Fn+u, sometimes also requiring Shift in that mix also, (Alt+4 on the numeric keypad) to logout). Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED]