Author Topic: X11 Virtual Resolution (Read 2730 times)

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

Zumi · « **Reply #1 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

jerrybme · « **Reply #2 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

Christoph · « **Reply #3 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

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