On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:41:21PM +0100, Csarnai Tamás wrote: > Hi there, > > Can I change virtual resolution on-the-fly?
Not exactly. You can change your screen's physical resolution by holding down Ctrl and Alt and hitting the numeric keypad's + and - keys. However, your virtual resolution (the amount of screen real estate you have) stays the same - you can pan around the screen to reveal more. There are also a few GUI programs which allow you to choose the resolution from a menu, such as gtkuickres. However, there is currently an extension in the works in XFree86 called the X R&R (resolution and rotation) extension, which *should* allow you to change it, eventually. > My desktop is in 1024x768 but when I use TV-Out for films (in 768x576) the > picture don't fit in the screen because of the higher virtual resolution. > It would be good to change v.r. with a command when needed and switch back > after. (Do games like Q3Arena do that when I run them in 800x600?) Those (IIRC) use something called the Xvidmode extension. Players such as Xine and Mplayer can also take advantage of it, if configured correctly. -- Furrfu! r a k k o at c h a r t e r dot n e t _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
