Hi Pavel, Yes I read about something called RandR that should be able to do this magic in the upcoming XFree86 4.3 release. I tried to install Phoebe2 last night but I bumped into some difficulties. Maybe it will succeed today and I'll then be able to have a look at this RandR thingy in early beta form. Cheers, Patrick On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 14:50, Pavel Rozenboim wrote: > 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
