[lug] Newbie GUI question

[Chris Wade]

Ahhh, thanks...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Wayde Allen [mailto:wallen at lug.boulder.co.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:08 AM
> To: 'lug at lug.boulder.co.us'
> Subject: Re: [lug] Newbie GUI question
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Chris Wade wrote:
> 
> > Okay, so I've tried RH 6 and 7 and now SuSE... finally 
> figured out how to
> > reset the screen resolution on RH (Xconfigurator) but 
> haven't figured it out
> > yet on suse.  Can anyone tell me how to change the monitor 
> resolution after
> > install?  (And why do manuals seem to avoid this particular topic?)
> > 
> > Using Suse 7.1.
> 
> As long as you are using XF86 you can have any number of 
> screen resolution
> modes configured in your XF86Config file.  The XF86Config 
> file is what the
> various configuration programs (Xconfigurator, xf86config, 
> etc.) help you
> build.  Once you've created the resolution modes you can cycle between
> them on the fly by hitting "ctrl alt +" or "ctrl alt -" 
> depending on which
> way you want to cycle through the list.
> 
> (While we are at this, it might also be worth mentioning that 
> you can get
> to your virtual terminals by hitting "ctrl-alt-F1", "ctrl-alt-F2",
> etc..  X is running on the first unused virtual terminal slot 
> usually F7
> (alt-F7).)
> 
> This stuff IS covered in the on-line sytem documentation, but 
> may not be
> covered in the books supplied by the vendors.  The following is copied
> directly from the info you'd get if you typed "man XFree86".
> 
> KEYBOARD
>        Multiple key presses recognized directly by XFree86 are:
> 
>        Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
>                Immediately  kills  the  server  --  no  questions
>                asked.  (Can be disabled by  specifying  "DontZap"
>                in  the  ServerFlags  section  of  the  XF86Config
>                file.)
> 
>        Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus
>                Change video mode to next  one  specified  in  the
>                configuration  file,  (increasing video resolution
>                order).
> 
> You can also look at <http://www.xfree86.org/>.
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
> 
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