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Re: fvwm95 resolution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Thu Nov 7 21:13:13 1996
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 20:30:46 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <m0vLeSo-001G05C@iceonline.com>
Reply-To: ray@fred.net
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A better way is just to change the order of the list:
Modes "800x600" "1022x766" "1024x768"
to
Modes "1024x768" "1022x766" "800x600"
This will cycle from the highest to lowest.
Hope that helps,
Borg writes:
> Khalid S. Al-Khater wrote:
> >
> > I want to start my X-Windows session in a different resolution than 640X480. At the moment I use CTRL-ALT-+ to change resolution to the one I like which is 1024X768
> >
> > Can anyone tell me which file has this setting. I looked in almost all the NextLevel files but could not figure it out
>
> It has nothing to do with fvwm95.
>
> You should edit your XF86Config file and change sequence
> of videomodes or remove modes you don't want whatsoever.
> Do not delete them, use # has marks to mark them out.
>
> E.g. I left the only one:
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> [snip]
> # 800x600 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync
> # Modeline "800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
> +hsync +vsync
> #Modeline "1022x766" 75 1022 1048 1184 1328 766 771 777 806
> +hsync +vsync
> # 1024x768 @ 70 Hz, 56.5 kHz hsync
>
> Modeline "1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
> -hsync -vsync
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Another alternative is to delete all the modes you
> don't want in this section:
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "800x600" "1022x766" "1024x768"
> pro ViewPort 0 0
> Virtual 1024 820
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> So, in "Modes" line, I can delete "800x600" and
> "1022x766", then it will go straight in 1024x768.
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