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Offline manit123

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how to change screen resolution via commandline
« on: October 21, 2013, 01:08:23 AM »
Hi ,
Do i have to restart X server OR is there any alternative ?
I do not see xrandr command here.

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Re: how to change screen resolution via commandline
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2013, 02:55:37 AM »
Hi manit123
If you are running  xorg  you can cycle through the screen resolutions listed in your  xorg.conf file using Ctrl-Alt-minus
and Ctrl-Alt-plus.

Offline manit123

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Re: how to change screen resolution via commandline
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2013, 07:26:43 AM »
#find / -xdev -iname 'xorg*'
/tmp/tcloop/xorg-7.6-lib
/usr/local/tce.installed/xorg-7.6-lib

there ain't any xorg.conf but ctrl+alt+plus/minus worked.

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Re: how to change screen resolution via commandline
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2013, 11:19:42 AM »
xrandr is available in the -bin extension.
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Re: how to change screen resolution via commandline
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2013, 11:24:08 AM »
i don't understand.
What should I search in apps ?

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Re: how to change screen resolution via commandline
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2013, 11:24:49 AM »
In the Provides search, type xrandr.
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Re: how to change screen resolution via commandline
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2013, 12:14:36 AM »
That went well.
I downloaded & installed xorg-7.6-bin.tcz.
Consider this thread closed.
Thank you.