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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: Christoph on February 14, 2005, 10:55:55 am

Title: X11 Virtual Resolution
Post by: Christoph on February 14, 2005, 10:55:55 am

Hi,


I'd like to know whether it is possible to change the virtual resolution of the X server.
I use fvwm and it always needs a restart after a switch from portrait to landscape and
vice versa.
With a quadratic virtual resolution I hope it suffice to change the EWMH_BASE STRUTS.

Or perhaps someone has another solution for fvwm to handle xrandr without restart (a patch...)?

Christoph

Title: X11 Virtual Resolution
Post by: Zumi on February 20, 2005, 08:08:29 am

I'm very interested in this, too. Please tell me if you get any solution for this problem.

Zumi

Title: X11 Virtual Resolution
Post by: jerrybme on February 23, 2005, 08:42:15 am

Bump..
Anyone?
I'd like to see a solution too as I prefer fvwm but not being able to change resolution easily has kept me from a full switch over from ROX/Openbox.

Christoph: does this explain why xrand to reduce resolution to 320x420 in fvwm & used with mplayer only shows a quarter of the screen?

Cheers,
Jerry

Title: X11 Virtual Resolution
Post by: Christoph on February 23, 2005, 02:51:17 pm

Hm,

seems there are less fvwm users than I thought.  

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Christoph: does this explain why xrand to reduce resolution to 320x420 in fvwm & used with mplayer only shows a quarter of the screen?

I'm not sure. At least in the "old days of XFree 3.3.6" when you decreased the
resolution the virtual resolution rested the same and only a part of the screen was
shown.

I suspect that the resolution is set at compile time. xrandr only offers the two we know of. I submitted a feature request. Perhaps the developers have the time to look at it.


Christoph