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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] XFree86 Control
From:       Hamish Rodda <meddie () yoyo ! cc ! monash ! edu ! au>
Date:       2002-04-13 15:51:30
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David Findlay wrote:

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> On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:38, CiAsA S'Nuey Boark wrote:
>> On Saturday 13 April 2002 12:17 am, David Findlay wrote:
>> > I was just thinking that it would be so much cooler if the KDE Control
>> > Panel had a tab that allows you to configure X. You should be able to
>> > change resolution, refresh rate or colour depth without restarting KDE
>> > and X. How hard would this be to do? Thanks,
>>
>> Really? How about if your not running linux on xfree? (There are other
>> xservers you know).  How would you suggest supporting them?
> 
> Have a framework that allows it to work with different backends. Initially
> only an Xfree86 backend would exist, but users of other X servers could
> add it.

This exists, it's called the X Resize and Rotate extension:
http://www.xfree86.org/~keithp/talks/randr/

It isn't even supported by the mainstream Xfree86 server yet, just one of 
the xfree86 testing servers (kdrive / tinyX).

The X guys tell me they might get it into the main server for the next 
release. I'm working on KDE support for it.

Cheers,

Hamish
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