[ltp] Lower screen resolution possible?

[Matthias Posseldt]

On Tuesday 01 April 2003 17:08, Jan Frey wrote:
> But I wished there was a solution that allows using a
> single XF86Config for
> a) normal operation (TFT at 1600x1200), and
> b) presentation (CRT at 1024x768, Virtual size 1024x768,
>         TFT does not matter)
> and switching between (a) and (b) is supported via ctrl+alt+'+'
> for example...

Just enable two screen sections:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "LCD"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes   "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Beamer"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"
                Depth   24
                Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

You can then change resolution via "startx -- -screen Beamer" at startup time. 
To modify the resolution on the fly you can use "xrandr -s 1024x768" if you 
are running XFree86 4.3.0.

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