Added those modes to my Screen section and can do Ctrl+Alt+NumPadPlus/Minus to switch resolutions, but that gives me a Virtual desktop that's the size that I start out in and I have to scroll around. Not exactly what I was hoping for.
Chris On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 08:20, Ed Robbins wrote: > You can change resolutions on the fly, setup your XF86Config file like so: > > Section "Screen" > DefaultDepth 16 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1152x864" > "1280x960" > EndSubSection > Device "Device[0]" > Identifier "Screen[0]" > Monitor "Monitor[0]" > EndSection > > This starts at 1280x1024 as the default, then when you hit > Ctrl+Alt+NumPadPlus or NumPadMinus, you'll switch to the different > resolutions. > > I don't know about color depth, I don't think you can change that on the fly. > > Ed > > On Wednesday 19 December 2001 09:13, Chris Tooley wrote: > > I realize that there may be a really good reason for this and so I am > > not asking this synical, but rather to simply get an answer. > > > > Why is it that it is impossible for X to change resolutions and/or color > > depths on the fly? I would think that most end user's would feel that > > this is a very nice thing to be able to do. I wish I could switch > > resolutions without having to restart X to do it and panning to a > > smaller virtual desktop size isn't what I mean. Maybe I've just missed > > something in the setup? > > > > Chris Tooley > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xpert mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
