Re: user specific screen res in x

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

Ben Thompson wrote:
> On Monday 02 September 2002 12:40 am, you wrote:
>
> > > > > > > "Ben" == Ben Thompson <ben_thompson@ntlworld.com> writes:
> >    Ben> I use kdm, and some of the other users on this computer
> >    Ben> prefer different resolutions.  It would be great if it
> >    Ben> automatically changed to the users preffered setting when
> >    Ben> they log in.
> >
> > I don't know how to do that.  But here's perhaps the next-best thing:
> > they can type Ctrl+Alt+Plus or Ctrl+Alt+Minus to reduce or increase
> > the resolution, respectively -- assuming that you've listed more than
> > one resolution in the XF86Config-4 file.
>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried doing it just now, but the trouble is when 
> you reduce the resolution, it does not automatically resize the picture. Is 
> there any way to fix this?


The tool "gvidm" might be of use to you.

Kent