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On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 03:49:00PM -0700, Robert Persson wrote |
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> Is it possible to choose between different xorg.conf files depending |
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> on your needs? What I mean is, can you get startx or xinit to choose |
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> a config file other than the default? |
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I do that myself. I normally run at 1280x1024, but occasionaly I want |
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to run at 2048x1536 when editing large digital photos. 2048x1536 is OK |
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as long as you don't have large expanses of white. 36 hz refresh can be |
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murder on the eyes for normal web surfing. I have multiple xorg files |
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with different modelines, like so... |
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[m3000][waltdnes][~] ll /etc/X11/*xorg.conf |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14580 May 14 10:22 /etc/X11/1024xorg.conf |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14583 May 14 10:23 /etc/X11/1280xorg.conf |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14583 May 15 01:02 /etc/X11/2048xorg.conf |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14577 May 14 10:21 /etc/X11/800xorg.conf |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14583 May 14 10:19 /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
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I have a script ~/bin/x like so... |
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#! /bin/bash |
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startx -- -nolisten tcp -nosilk -config ${1}xorg.conf & |
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The command "x" translates to the default... |
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"startx -- -nolisten tcp -nosilk -config xorg.conf &" |
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The command "x 2048" translates to... |
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"startx -- -nolisten tcp -nosilk -config 2048xorg.conf &" |
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The command "x 800" translates to... |
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"startx -- -nolisten tcp -nosilk -config 800xorg.conf &" |
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etc, etc. I used to have several more before I discovered xrandr. Now |
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I use xrandr when I want to watch a small-screen streaming video blown |
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up to near fullscreen. Lower resolution (via xrandr or modeline) gives |
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me the benfits of rescaling without killing the cpu. Think of it as a |
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backdoor method to hardware rescaling without exotic drivers. |
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Is there anything similar to SIGWINCH after xrandr changes screen |
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size? My launch panel (pypanel) disappears off the bottom of the screen |
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when I use xrandr to go from 1280x1024 to 512x384. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca |
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