My "solution" is just to change that monitor's resolution through the nvidia configuration whenever I want to watch hulu. I don't really mind having to do that since I don't really watch hulu very often.
I'm not sure if there's a way to change the size of a full-screen window either, but that would be nice. :p On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Paul Donohue <[email protected]> wrote: > Would you mind sharing your solution? > > Out of curiosity, I tried using the 'Window Rules' plugin in Compiz to force > Hulu and MythTV to a particular window size (that's not the size of the > actual display), but both programs seemed to start up at the forced window > size, then resize themselves to the real display size after a few seconds. > So now I'm curious to know if there actually is any way to manually change > the size of a "full-screen" window... > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 05:30:50PM -0500, Randolph Baden wrote: >> Thanks for the help. Thanks to the replies on this, I've figured out >> a way to do it. >> >> > Compiz actually has nothing to do with the configuration of your video >> > card / monitor. That is handled by the XRandR extension in Xorg (or >> > Xinerama if you're using an old version of XFree86 or Xorg). >> >> I understand what compiz is (and what it isn't). My intention was not >> to change the monitor's resolution, but to change how a window was >> displayed in the existing resolution. I realize that's probably not >> the best way to solve the problem, but if it were possible then I'd >> prefer it from having to screw with the display settings (since my >> setup has caused me a lot of headache in that regard). >> >> > I use a pretty esoteric window manager, so I don't know what the standard >> > configuration tools in Ubuntu look like, but I'm guessing Gnome probably >> > provides a nice GUI to manipulate your monitor configuration, hiding the >> > fact that it is actually manipulating XRandR under the hood. However, I'm >> > also guessing it mimics the behavior of the M$ Windows Display Control >> > Panel, and only gives you access to the most basic features of XRandR >> > (stretch desktop onto display, or mirror display but requiring both >> > monitors to run at the same resolution), so you will probably need to >> > manually configure XRandR to do what you want. >> >> I've never actually gotten the Ubuntu one to work right, and always >> had to fall back on Nvidia's nvidia-settings. I think you might be >> able to change the XRandR options through that, but as I mentioned I >> try to avoid messing with it ever since I got my setup to work. :p >> >> Thanks again >> -Randy >> >
