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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: First time user article
From:       David Hugh-Jones <hughjonesd () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-06-19 7:52:33
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Mandrake allows you to change the X settings, in DrakConf, I think. Presumably 
they do this by restarting the server. But that's better than nothing.

bw
dave

On Wednesday 19 June 2002 12:26 am, Troels Tolstrup wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 June 2002 12:18, Irwin wrote:
> > On June 18, 2002 04:24 am, Chris Howells wrote:
> > > Unfortunately it does from a technical view point though.
> > > Currently, you _can not_ change the resolution on the fly. You must
> > > restart XFree86. Some XFree86 extension allows you to mess around
> > > with virtual resolutions, I don't know if some hack based on that
> > > could be used.
> >
> > Still, even if it says, "Press "Restart" to restart the X-Windows
> > system", it would be better than nothing.
>
> Right, this is how windows used to do it as well, so we shouldnt be too
> ashamed :)
>
> I do think this is one of the serious shortcomings of X though. As far
> as i understand the real problem is that it doesnt support resizing of
> the root window. So while you can change the resolution by using some
> of the extensions, you cant change the size of the root window/desktop
> or the color depth.
>
> But yes, i seriously think that basic hardware config directly from
> kconfig would be a huge gain. Even if it couldnt be done platform
> independantly, it could either be compiled only on supported systems,
> or be in system specific modules.
>
> I of course know that it is generally considered to be the job of the
> linux/unix distro to provide configuration utilities, but i have to say
> that they are doing a rather poor job at doing that :( (and yes, i have
> tried yast2 and mandrake control panel, and im not really impressed)
>
> Mvh
> Troels
>
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