On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:51 PM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > How do the reduced resolutions look? 1920x1200 is native, yes? So is > > there any perceived loss of sharpness at lower? Subjective impressions? > > > > What refresh rates do the lower res's run at? Can you tell a difference? > > > > Don't know a lot yet, it's only been working at native resolution for > an hour or so. Here's an xrandr report. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] scsi]$ xrandr > SZ: Pixels Physical Refresh > *0 1920 x 1200 ( 524mm x 321mm ) *60 > 1 1680 x 1050 ( 524mm x 321mm ) 60 > 2 1440 x 900 ( 524mm x 321mm ) 75 > 3 1280 x 800 ( 524mm x 321mm ) 75 > > I chose the refresh rates for lines 1-3 so as not to exceed the max > pixel rate of the monitor. I guess somebody from Acer did the same > for the 1920x1200. > > I think I will rest my eyes overnight, and come back for another viewing. >
This morning I am running another X-session starting from an alternate terminal <ctrl><alt><F2> login: cdl password: $ startx -- :1 > .startx.log 2>&1 & exit After it comes up I can request another resolution $ xrandr -s 1440x900 and everything looks fine, just bigger. Only looking at terminal windows and other text stuff. By the way, xrandr(1x) is preferable to <ctrl><alt><keypad +-> especially if you don't have a keypad. Return to the original X-session <ctrl><alt><F7> and it is still running in resolution 1920x1200. Go back to the second session <ctrl><alt><F8> works too. Takes a few seconds to switch, so this isn't something you want to do all the time. I looked at Marcel Gagne' on the subject of X sessions inside other X sessions, don't think I want to do that right now. <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7298> carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
