> - Is there a way to change the mode on the fly without rebooting? I haven't tested it but you can try "fbset" > - Is there a way to enforce an aspect ratio, eg. to have a 4:3 mode > with black stripes on the sides on a 16:10 strip? I'm not sure about this, maybe if you set a lower 4:3 resolution on your 16:10 screen AND in the BIOS of your laptop it's setup to NOT scale the screen it will show the black stripes. -- damjan