Re: Interesting "Problem"
Russell Hires wrote:
> I'm playing with the date command, trying to understand why it doesn't
> pick up the current time/date from ntpdate/ntpd...
ntpdate sometimes fails when the date is too far off. Setting the date
manually and then running ntpdate usually works for me.
> anyway, when I manually set the date, using the command "date -s 8:22" (or
> whatever the time is) my screen resolution changes! I'm in enlightenment,
> using a Voodoo3 card, with a pre-compiled 2.2.18 kernel.
Could it be the screensaver kicking in?
> I didn't think it was possible to change the resolution when you're in
> an X environment. I don't exactly know what the resolution is that I'm
> in to begin with, unfortunately, though I believe it's 1024x768. Is
> there a way to tell what the current resolution is? That way I can
> compare the resolutions when they change. Also, is there a way to change
> the resolution in an "official" way, i.e., with a command that is
> supposed to do that?
Check out xvidtune.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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