It was discussed on this list before. Someone from RH answered that it isn't possible in RH 8.0, but it will be possible with XFree86 4.3 which will be available in 8.1. Or you may try rawhide XFree :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick [mailto:psyche@puzzled.xs4all.nl] > Sent: Mon, January 20, 2003 1:54 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: XFree86: how to make virtual resolution equal to Mode > resolution? > > > Thanks Neil. I'll give it a try. > > Cheers, > Patrick > > > On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 11:02, Neil Bird wrote: > > Around about 16/01/2003 20:54, Patrick typed ... > > > I normally drive my monitor on 1280x1024 but when I want > to watch a > > > movie I tune it down to 800x600 or 640x480. Now I have > not figured out > > > how to make the virtual screen the exact same size as the > resolution > > > defined in Modes in XF86Config. Anyone have a clue? > Configs like the > > > example below don't work. There still is a virtual screen > around my > > > monitor. How do I get rid of that virtual screen? > > > > Not quite certain what you're after, but I *think* what you want > > isn't directly possible. > > > > If it helps, and I've understood you correctly, I have a > somewhat > > similar situation where I have a PC game for my son which I > run under > > wine*; it wants an 800x600 display. > > > > I have set up a second "Screen" section in XF86Config > with 800x600 > > res. Call it "small" or something. I then have a script > which does > > something like: > > > > export DISPLAY=:1.0 > > X -screen small :1 & > > xpid=$! > > wine game > > kill -INT $xpid > > > > [That's OTTOMH, may not be quite right] > > > > I've linked that onto my desktop and run *it* to start the game. > > Guess you could do a similar thing with xine/ogle in there > instead of wine. > > > > > > * - get this: it runs fine on Linux under wine, but I can't > make it work > > when I'm natively booted into XP! > > > > -- > > [neil@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature > > [neil@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature > > ls: .signature: No such file or directory > > [neil@fnx ~]# exit > > > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
