[GLLUG] changing X-windows screen resolution on a laptop

[Ashton Shortridge]

On Wednesday 11 August 2004 03:10 pm, Matt Graham wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 August 2004 14:47, after a long battle with technology,
>
> Ashton Shortridge wrote:
> > I've had a lot of fun installing Linux on my generic laptop, and have
> > kind of a dumb question. Xwindows
>
> "X" or "The X Window System", not "Xwindows".
>
> > allows one to change resolution by hitting Ctrl-Alt-+ -- this works
> > fine on my desktop box. However, the plus and minus keys are on the
> > keypad... which my laptop lacks! After some googling has left me high
> > and dry
>
> Most laptops have a NumLock key that turns uiop into 456*, jkl; into
> 123-, and m,./ into 0,.+.  IBM Thinkpads use a weird keycode for their
> NumLock key, so you have to do "xmodmap -e 'keycode 77 = NumLock' ".
> If that doesn't work for whatever reason, you can always use "xvidtune
> -next" or "xvidtune -prev" to cycle through all the resolutions you
> have defined in XF86Config.  For extra fun, use xbindkeys to bind an
> unused key combination to "xvidtune -next" so you can switch
> resolutions with one key combination instead of typing a command.  HTH,

Worked like a charm! Key bindings looks like the longer term way to go. I 
appreciate the quick reply.

Ashton

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