Re: can we change desktop size
Tim Roberts <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.xfree86.devel |
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| Organization | Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Karthik Ramamoorthy wrote: > I used some API(XF86VidSwitchMode) to change the resolution of >the Monitor, but its nto changing the size of the Desktop. > > So know i am in serach of some API to change the Desktop size. >So if anybody has some idea or know API to change the Desktop size >please mail me. > > The standard X protocol simply does not allow this. The desktop size is fixed at startup time and must remain a constant. The xrandr extension in XFree86 adds this ability. That's the only way, without stopping and restarting the server. -- Tim Roberts, [email protected] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.