[lug] What I really want ...

[Dhruva Reddy]

Yeah, but I haven't been able to get that to work in a
long time, although I may need to muck around some
more with different resolutions in my config file.

I got it working at the resolution that I wanted and
haven't touched it since!

Dhruva

--- "Holshouser, David" <dholshou at ball.com> wrote:
> isn't <ctrl><alt>+  assigned  to be "cycle through
> known resolutions"?
> If I am correct, then why can't that cycling ability
> be incorporated into
> the 
> right click properties for $yourFavWM? 
> 
> $YourFavWM could do something like read the config
> file or pole X (if
> available) 
> and ask what resolutions are allowed, present them
> in a drop down list, 
> then do the cycling as you request.
> 
> 
> And if I'm reading the subject line correctly, ...
> 
> how hard would it be to incorporate smbclient into
> gmc or konquorer so that
> you could (in a magic folder kindof way, just like
> windoze) browse the
> available
> smb shares. I understand that the mounting and
> sharing of directories would
> be a totally different request, but... I'd love to
> be able to gui 'browse'
> the smb shares
> that are available on the network.
> 
> It seems this would also bring some of that
> wonderful 'feel good' that IS
> managers
> crave.
> 
> And does anyone know much about ftpfs, sftpfs, and
> finding ways for users to
> mount
> directories to and from foreign machines.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Sean Reifschneider [SMTP:jafo at tummy.com]
> > Sent:	Monday, March 12, 2001 10:01 PM
> > To:	lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject:	Re: [lug] What I really want ...
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:46:51PM -0700, lpotter
> wrote:
> > >say it, but some 'windowsisms' are just plain
> handy, like right clicking
> > on 
> > >the 'desktop' to get to the change the screen
> resolution dialog) OR, for 
> > 
> > Unfortunately, that sort of thing is very
> difficult to deal with in X,
> > because it just wasn't designed to do that.  It's
> never been a high
> > enough priority that the XFree86 team has pushed
> for it to happen.  Even
> > the commercial X servers don't have that sort of
> thing that I know of.
> > 
> > >Didn't happen in the usual place, with the usual
> XF86Config file. In
> > fact, 
> > 
> > According to the XF86Config man page, the location
> of the config file is:
> > 
> >            /etc/X11/<cmdline>
> >            /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/<cmdline>
> >            /etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
> >            /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
> >            /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >            /etc/X11/XF86Config
> >            /etc/XF86Config
> >           
> /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
> >            /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >            /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config
> >           
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
> >            /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config-4
> >            /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> > 
> > /etc/X11 is the default place to put them in
> recent RedHats.  That's
> > probably why your changes weren't taking place.
> > 
> > Sean
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