Re: [wmii] screen resize problems

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 09:12:19PM +0100, Albert Dengg wrote:
> hi
>
> since i recently aquiered a new TFT, wanted to use xrandr to add the new
> output, disable the interal display of my notebook and then resize the
> screen to the resolution of the extenal TFT:
>
> xrandr --newmode "1920x1200_60.00" 193.16 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 \
> 1201 1204 1242 -HSync +Vsync
> xrandr --addmode VGA "1920x1200_60.00"
> xrandr --output VGA --auto
> xrandr --output LVDS --off
>
> (the reason for not using xinerama is that because the external monitor
> has a resolution of 1920x1200 using both screens is both useless and
> acorgding to the documentation could lead to problems with my intel i945
> card.)
>
> now, everything is fine..the output is switched, the resolution is
> changed..but: wmii only uses the old resolution part of the screen
> (so it is a 1024x768 on the left top edge)
> is there a way to tell wmii to resize itself?

i forgot to add:
i'm using the debian package version 3.6~rc2+20070518-3

thanks for any suggestions

yours
albert
Received on Thu Nov 15 2007 - 21:16:48 UTC