Re: X annoyance

[Daniel Weber <dweber1 austin rr com>]

Definitely an X issue.  X does not have the capability to change resolutions on
the fly (as far as I understand, there are no X messages to tell resize
applications after a resolution change).  This means that if you specifiy
multiple resolutions in your X setup, X has to run at the highest one and use
the others as 'zoom-type' resolutions.

For that reason, I only specify one resolution in my X setup.  If you want to
be able to zoom, I think the first resolution listed is the one it starts with,
so put the highest one there.

On Sat, 08 Jul 2000, needles@industrialmusic.com wrote:
> Hey,
>  This might be a X windows thing but something that has bothered
> me with Linux is after I setup X windows with several different
> resolutions like 1280x1024 or 800x600, then I do a startx
> it always sets my desktop to the highest resolution like 1280x1024 but
> the display is at the lowest resolution 800x600. So after booting
> into X, I have to do Ctrl-Alt - or Ctrl-Alt + to get things to match up.
> What I would like is that when I adjust the resolution, that the desktop
> uses the same resolution. I've talked to other people who have had
> the same problems. I'm not sure if it's a desktop or an X issue.
> I just joined this mailing list and I'm not sure if this has been
> discussed.
> 
> Kerry
> 
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