On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:05:26 +0100, Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> - Is there a way to change the mode on the fly without rebooting? > > I haven't tested it but you can try "fbset" fbset works without KMS but not with it. It does change something, but not thye way you want. For example with a 1280x960 screen it is possible to get a 640x480 console in the top left corner of the screen but not fullscreen. > - 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. Maybe, sadly I don't have this option in my BIOS. -- catwell
