Subj : Re: Changing screen resolution in Linux To : Brian Hall From : Rich Date : Sat Apr 07 2001 03:33 pm From: "Rich" <@> There are several scenarios I can think of for changing resolutions. 1. My father happens to be visiting me now. He runs his laptop at = 640x480 because he finds it difficult to use at higher resolutions. I = use his computer at 1024x768. If he wants me to do something I change = the resolution, I do it, and I change it back all the while leaving = everything running. 2. Some games I've played don't run at 1280x1024. They change the = resolution to what they want when they are active and switch back to the = old value when I switch away. 3. Some applications may change resolution depending on the mode = they are in. For example, Windows Media Player can display media or = visualizations in full screen. The either perform or look better when = the screen resolution is more closely matched to the image than when = stretching the image. 4. I use the Remote Desktop/Terminal Services feature of Windows = 2000 and Windows XP. It allows me to create a new session or connect to = an existing session, including the console session, at a resolution of = my choice. My preference is to connect at full screen. My computers = don't all run at the same resolution at the console. When I connect to = an existing session it behaves like I had dynamically changed = resolution. If this required all my apps to be terminated then I would = lose the ability to connect from different system at different = resolutions unless I limited myself to least common denominator. That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are others that I = have forgotten or I don't make use of but others do. Rich "Brian Hall" wrote in message = news:3acff2ff@w3.nls.net... Rich wrote: > When you exit and restart KDE what happens to all your running > applications? They get closed. I never change resolutions though so that isn't a=20 problem. Why would I want to run at less than 1280x1024? Brian --- XP Toss HTML Stripper v0.3.6 * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project (1:379/45) .