Is it possible to change screen resolutions on the fly???

deepwave

OK, this might sound n00bish but...

Is it possible to change screen resolution without mucking in xorg.conf and without restarting X? I know that games can (if the right resolutions are defined in xorg.conf). Say I am running KDE and lets say I want to change from 1024x768 to 800x600. Is there a command I can issue from console to make this happen?

Also on the same topic how about colour depth?
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Headrush · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

Try CTRL + ALT + Numpad+ and CTRL + ALT + Numpad-

The command line tool is xvidtune.

frodoontop · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 86

Yes, you can set the resolution in kde control center --> Peripherals --> Monitor

rafael · Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 267

As far as changing resolution on the fly hit ctrl, alt and + (pluss) or - (minus) on the numpad.

- rafael

tuXXX · n00b Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 32 Location: France/Brest

with xrand you can change the resolution too

deepwave · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:29 pm Post subject:

Sort of sucks... when I have a laptop that does not have a separate numpad. ;-)

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deepwave · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject:

Thanks!
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Headrush · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject: