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Vincent Janelle (malokai@gildea.net)
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:53:37 -0800 (PST)
Its something they never thought of while implementing the X window
system, however, realize that X has source compatibilty to X11R* :)
Applications are told what bit depth and the resolution of the screen when
they start up
There is an application called "xmove" which allows you to do these sorts
of things, however, only to machines running at the same bit depth, and I
believe the same virtual resolution.
Windows was written with this in mind, however, some applications don't
respect it that well and go all whacky when you change the bit depth while
running.
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 chef@mindlink.net wrote:
>
> > Vincent Janelle <malokai@gildea.net> writes:
> > > You can't change the resolution or the bit depth while X is running.
> > > Call it a limitation.
> >
> Brian Edmonds writes:
> > You can change the physical resolution while X is running. You cannot
> > change the virtual resolution or the bit depth.
> >
> Why is that?
> I've read that the X server controls the input/output of data (ie:
> manages keyboard and mouse input and video output) for client applications
> running within X.
> Does this mean that changing bit depth and virtual resolution necessitate
> terminating the server (and therefore all client apps) and then re-starting
> the server?
> Are the client apps unable to persist in the absence of the server, while
> the server is resetting itself?
> And just to piss everyone off...Windows can do it! What is different about
> the Windows GUI design that makes this possible?
>
> Anyone willing to enlighten me?
>
> Shawn R. Anderson
>
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