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Re: Screen size question
- From: Rasjid Wilcox <rasjidw at openminddev dot net>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Cc: satimis at writeme dot com
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 15:49:45 +1000
- Subject: Re: Screen size question
- References: <5.1.1.6.0.20020926232003.00b50fd8@pop.net-yan.com> <20020926153928.GA10010@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 1:39 am, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Redirecting to the correct mailing list.
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:26:20PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote:
> >Hi All People
> >
> >Can I issue following command to regulate the screen size at starting
> >cygwin.
> >
> ># Xwin -query 192.168.0.XXX -screen aa" x bb"
> >
> >aa" = width of screen in inches
> >bb" = height of screen in inches
> >
> >so that Linux would not cover Window screen completely. If NO, kindly
> >advise how to make it.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
Use pixels, not inches. If you windows desktop is 1024x768, you could try for
example
$ XWin -query 192.168.0.XXX -screen 0 800 640
NOTE: Do NOT use 'inches', and do not use 'x' between width and height.
See 'man XWin' for more info, or the users guide -
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure-cygwin-xfree-options.html
Rasjid.