From: mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere   
      
   Javier  writes:   
      
   > Mike Spencer  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I never got the mode switching to work in 14.{1,2} but it didn't   
   >> matter as 1024x768 was perfect for my IBM 19" CRT.  Now I need to   
   >> be able to do it.   
   >>   
   >> Any pointers welcome.  I dread having to revert to hacking xorg,conf a   
   >> la 1990s -- surely not?   
   >   
   > Try with xrandr   
   >   
   >     $ xrandr   
      
   TYVM.  Problem solved.  The documentation is a little unclear.   
      
        --mode mode selects a mode. Use either the name or the XID for mode.   
      
   What's a valid name? What's an XID?  No matter, it works fine.   
      
       alias xdef 'xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1920x1080'   
       alias xmed 'xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1600x900'   
       alias xbig 'xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x720'   
      
   gives me three 16:9 modes to accommodate movies, text and big text for   
   tired eyes.  I'm sure I can repeat or vary the trick when I go for a   
   bigger monitor now that I know about xrandr.   
      
   > This is what I use myself, but the exact comand depends on your hardware.   
   >   
   > $ xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1920x1080 && xrandr --output DP-1-1  --off   
      
   Yeah, an example that told me syntax for a mode's "name" might be   
   x-resXy-res, tnx.   
      
   --   
   Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada   
      
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