[mdlug] Command-line utility to set screen resolution?

[Paul]

"Ingles, Raymond" <Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com>, on Mon Nov 27, 2006 [09:44:36 AM] said:

>  I normally run at 1280x960. (1600x1200 is just a bit fuzzy on my monitor.) But
> when RTCW exits, even though I'm running it at 1152x864, the resolution is set
> to 1600x1200. When Alice (running under Wine) exits, it leaves the screen at
> 1152x864. Either way, I have to go to the "Preferences" menu and manually set
> the "Screen Resolution" back to what I want.
> 
>  Now, both are run via startup scripts. If there was a command-line tool to
> change the resolution, I'd just add a call to that to the scripts. But I
> haven't turned one up in my searches. Anyone know of a tool like that? I
> think I could hack one up with a bit of effort but I gotta believe someone's
> already done this somewhere...
> 
>  Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles                                   (313) 227-2317

	Hi;

	A command line tool that can do that and other things is
called xrandr, and comes with xorg.

Paul
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