[TriLUG] X configuration

[Benjamin Reed]

Vestal, Roy L. [rvestal at rti.org] wrote:
> Is there a way in X to change my screen size, like M$ does?  I'd like to
> change my desktop from 1024x768 and the only way I know of is to stop X,
> reset the XFConfig-4 and restart. I know someone has come up with a better
> way.

In your "Screen" section you should have one or more modes, like so:

---(snip!)---
Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Screen0"
        Device          "i810"
        Monitor         "ViewSonicEF70"
        DefaultDepth    16

        Subsection "Display"
                Depth   16
                Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubsection

EndSection
---(snip!)---

Put every mode you want in the "Modes" line.  From there, when you start
X you can do CTRL-ALT-+ and CTRL-ALT-- (+/- being the ones on the number
pad) to toggle through the resolutions.

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