On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 19:02 +0100, Rial Juan wrote:
>
> Well, I'm no expert, but it all boils down to this:
>
> In linux there's a clear separation between the X-server and the
> windowmanager. the windowmanager does everything that involves windows and
> stuff, eg: creating borders around them zo you can drag 'em; resising them,
> minimizing them etc... and also of the other applets and "menubar" thingies
> typically assiciated with them.
>
> The X-server does the hardware side of the stuff, and then some more too. It
> takes care of the rendering of whatever should be visible on the screen, and
> what resolutions you run. Therefore no windowmanager has any tools for
> changing resolution. Resolutions must be defined before you start up your X
> server (they get written down in /etc/X11/Xf86Config) and you can change them
> with ctrl-alt-plus and ctrl-alt-minus.
You *did* explain that like an expert though ;-)
And to help James a bit further on:
Load /etc/X11/XF86Config into your favourite editor.
Got to the "Screen section"
In the part where your graphics card is mentioned you edit the
lines starting with "Modes ..." in each subsection.
It should look something like this:
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "RIVA128"
Monitor "EIZO FlexScan F56"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
After saving the file you just restart your X-Server (i.e.
logout of KDE or any other wm).
Then you can change resolutions by punching Ctrl+Alt+[+|-]. Note
that you must use the +/- keys of the num-block.
HTH
wobo
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