[NCLUG] Video Mode Change

Matthew Wilcox willy at debian.org
Wed Dec 12 23:31:28 MST 2001


On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 10:56:24PM -0700, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> There isn't a way in X to have it suddenly switch to a new display which
> has different dimensions, without restarting.  A bummer, to be sure, but
> not something that impacts the people who are up to changing it.  Some
> people say it can't be done, but I don't believe that's true.

Ehh.. I was sure I read that was part of Xfree 4.2... yes, sources
confirm that xfree 4.2 will contain this extension.

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