[Solved] How to restart Xvesa with different resolution

[curaga]

You can have a menu item, icon, or launch that script some other way. This is linux we're talking about

Actkbd isn't needed if you don't want a key/key-combo.

[saravanan]

i opt for an icon rather, how do i do that if i don need actkbd otherwise?

[curaga]

See http://tinycorelinux.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=iconmenuinfo
http://tinycorelinux.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Creating+Extensions

The recommended way is to create an extension with the icon. Note that for the icon to show a menu item should also be there.

[saravanan]

yes curaga, i learnt about editing the wbar config file, but what is the command that is required to be executed in case of clicking that icon.

ie. for tat icon info as in wbar conf :

i:/usr/local/tce.icons/something.png
t:restartX
c:/usr/local/bin/restartx.sh

In the above case, what should the restartx.sh contain,
if i add, killall Xvesa; wont this kill the child(restartx.sh) also??, so that it may fail to start X again???
If i am wrong, please guide me.

[curaga]

I think that since it's not a X process itself, it should continue to run. If not, you can use "nohup" to protect it.

[saravanan]

thanks curaga, with nohup it works fine

[neonix]

I noticed that Xvesa resolution can be change on-the-fly with xrandr.

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xrands -s 640x480
xrands -s 800x600
xrands -s 1024x768
xrands -s 1280x1024
After resolution change, wbar and wallpaper need to be restarted. Jwm changes size  automatically.

Is it possible to implement this function in TC? In control pannel or menulist?

BTW after xrands -s 1280x1024 I noticed glitch in wbar.