Russell Hires wrote: > I'm playing with the date command, trying to understand why it doesn't > pick up the current time/date from ntpdate/ntpd...
ntpdate sometimes fails when the date is too far off. Setting the date manually and then running ntpdate usually works for me. > anyway, when I manually set the date, using the command "date -s 8:22" (or > whatever the time is) my screen resolution changes! I'm in enlightenment, > using a Voodoo3 card, with a pre-compiled 2.2.18 kernel. Could it be the screensaver kicking in? > I didn't think it was possible to change the resolution when you're in > an X environment. I don't exactly know what the resolution is that I'm > in to begin with, unfortunately, though I believe it's 1024x768. Is > there a way to tell what the current resolution is? That way I can > compare the resolutions when they change. Also, is there a way to change > the resolution in an "official" way, i.e., with a command that is > supposed to do that? Check out xvidtune. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
