[ale] X servers other than Xfree

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Mon Jan 19 06:16:17 EST 2004


Jason Etheridge wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2004, at 8:54 PM, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> 
>> I see mention of people wanting the capability to change resolutions 
>> on the
>> fly.  If I remeber correctly I used to do this with ctrl-alt-+/-.  
>> What has
>> changed?
> 
> 
> One problem is that you get stuck with a scrolling virtual desktop when 
> you switch to a lower resolution on the fly.  And I'm not sure how 
> desktop "environments" like Gnome and KDE behave with resolution 
> switching, but that could be a concern also.

My experiences are that both Gnome and KDE work just fine with the 
virtual desktop.

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