On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Jason Rennie wrote:
> When X switches to a lower res, it then provides a virtual desktop the
> same size as the higher res desktop. Is there anyway to turn this off, so
> that the whole x desktop is fixed to the size of the screen ? A number of
I think the question you want is "Can X change the desktop size during a
session?" and the answer is no. But there is bound to be another fix.
Modern X servers can change the display mode, because that can be done
without affecting apps.
> windows games end up running under wine, but keep scrolling off into the
> window manager.
Would it help if you could disable scrolling of the virtual desktop?
Otherwise, your solution is to start a second X-server "X :1 &" on
another virtual terminal. Thats also good for old games that want
8-bit mode graphics.
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