Due to security considerations (the X-server runs as root), unprivledged users are not allowed to provide custom XF86Config files. Only root can specify an alternative config file from the commandline. The XF86Config file can, however, hold multiple configurations which can be selected by users on the commandline (eg. "startx -- -layout MovieLayout" ). See the man page on XF86Config for layout section syntax. Basically, the first layout section listed is the default, but there can be other layouts selected via commandline as in the example above. You can have a separate layout section referencing a separate screen section with special modelines. If special device section options are needed, the separate screen section can reference a separate device section or separate monitor sections. Mark. On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, dogcatcher@xxxxxxxx wrote: > I have suse 9.1 professional on my computer. I have a "guest" account just > for movies(this is where all my movie players are installed). Is this > "screen modification" system wide, or can I just modify the video output of > the guest account. > > -- David > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Mark Vojkovich mvojkovi@xxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:53:00 -0800 (PST) > To: dogcatcher@xxxxxxxx, xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: GUI not working > > > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, dogcatcher@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > > thanks Mark, for replying, but one question remains. If I could get the > > computer to display the smaller version of normal output in the center of > > the screen, would it still be able to reach 1024 by 768 resolution. > > It's not an analog display device so anything smaller than > fullscreen would be using less than 1024x768 pixels. If you're > connected to the monitor via a DVI connector, your graphics driver > may be able to center a smaller mode in the middle of the screen > (not all can, but some definitely can). If you're connected to > a VGA connector, I'm not sure. If it were a CRT, it would be > possible to display a mode in the center of the screen by playing > with modeline timings. That is, you could set up a mode that had > 1024x768 timings but with a smaller active area. For your panel > it's less clear. You could send it 1024x768 timings with a smaller > active area, but it might do something "clever" like strip out the > black area and scale it up. You'd just have to try it. > > A typical 1024x768 @ 60 Hz modeline looks like (generated by > 'gtf 1024 768 60'): > > # 1024x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 64.11 MHz > Modeline "1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 > > If you just change the 1024 and 768 to 720 and 480 you have a 720x480 > active area with 1024x768 timings. Then you could use xvidtune to > adjust the sync starts and ends to center the image. That would > work for a CRT. > > > Mark. > > > > You see, I made a movie projector with an old overhead projector from > > school and and lcd screen (nec 1530v) and this screen has an auto resizer > > feature( which means that the screen automatically fits the video output > to > > its maximum suize. consequently, I have to use the xine (movie player) > > window and manually match the screen size perfectly to the square patch of > > light coming up through the lcd screen from the overhead projector. ( this > > "window of opportunity" is 24 cm diagonally in the center of the lcd > > screen). So If I could get the computer to display what would normally > take > > up the entire screen in this square (centered on the screen, sorry if I'm > > redundent), my troubles would be over. ( I would just load xine and hit > the > > fullscreen button and watch the movie. > > > > Can't wait to hear your reponse! > > David > > > > Original Message: > > ----------------- > > From: Mark Vojkovich mvojkovi@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:59:00 -0800 (PST) > > To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: GUI not working > > > > > > It depends on whether you're using an analog (VGA) or > > digital (DVI) connection to the monitor. For analog, you > > can adjust that through modeline timings. xvidtune can > > help with that. For digital, it depends on the native > > resolution of the panel and the capabilities of the graphics > > driver. Some drivers support centering modes smaller than > > the panel's native resolution. > > > > Mark. > > > > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, dogcatcher@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > Hi ,got a question. how could you change the video out in linux so that > > > instead of full > > > screen (15 inches) it would display the desktop in a 24 cm box in the > > > center of the > > > screen. Sort of like a smaller version of the normal display centered on > > > the screen. > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
