Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:44:14 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua> To: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Setting X resolution at prompt Message-ID: <3749C82E.7240AD39@prime.net.ua> References: <374A1F3F.BC98560B@seattleu.edu>
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AFAIK X starts parsing /etc/XF86Config by default.
Giving other config file to X let U run it at lower
resolution (U must configure it in the new config).
Eric Hodel wrote:
> I run X at 1280x1024, but want to run it for games (wine, quake, etc)
> at a lower res so I don't have to ctrl-alt-+/- it to a matching size
> then inch the viewing portion onto the window I'm looking at. I
> figured I could start up a second X server (this works) but I can't
> get to it start at a resolution of my choosing, say 640x480.
>
> Any pointers? (section of a man page, faq, etc.)
>
> --
> Eric Hodel
> hodeleri@seattleu.edu
>
> "If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything."
> -- A. L.
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