X oddities under Debian

[Anton Markov]

Hello Walter,

Have you tried using xrandr?  It can switch your *virtual* desktop size 
so you can change the size of your screen without scrolling.

Use it like:

xrandr --size {width}x{height}

i.e.
xrandr --size 800x600

The only catch I have noticed is that the resolution has to be one of 
the mod lines in XF86Config.

I hope this helps.

Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I usually want to run X at 1152x864.  For editing large images, I want
> larger screens, and for streaming video 600x400 or 512x384 is optimum.
> I don't like the slipping-and-sliding I get with using a 512x384
> "viewport" in a 1600x1200 virtual window.  So I set up several files in
> /etc/X11,  Besides the usual XF86Config-4, I have 1600XF86Config-4,
> 1152XF86Config-4, 512XF86Config-4, etc.  Each one has one modeline, and
> is hardcoded to a specific resolution.  The webpage...
> http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines  (javascript required)
> can help you generate all sorts of oddball modelines.

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