From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 25 0:48: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from volodya.prime.net.ua (volodya.prime.net.ua [195.64.229.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35650153AD for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 00:47:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andyo@prime.net.ua) Received: from prime.net.ua (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by volodya.prime.net.ua (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA11303; Tue, 25 May 1999 00:44:15 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from andyo@prime.net.ua) Message-ID: <3749C82E.7240AD39@prime.net.ua> Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:44:14 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" Organization: M-Info X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-BETA i386) X-Accept-Language: ru, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Hodel Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Setting X resolution at prompt References: <374A1F3F.BC98560B@seattleu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- WBW Andy V. Oleynik (When U work in virtual office U have good chance to obtain virtual money ö%-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message