KDE has a pretty spiffy screen configuration utility that can do per-screen resolution, layout configuration, etc. It uses randr behind the scenes, of course. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:50 AM, Frans de Boer <<a href="mailto:frans@fransdb.nl">frans@fransdb.nl</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Dear Reader, The automatic configuration of the X server is a good step ahead. Alas, there are some issues involving the user experience. To name just two: - Easy per desktop resolution setting with or without panning is missing. - Easy definition of virtual screen and on the fly screen resolution changes using the ctrl+alt+-/+ keys are missing. Yes, you have the xrandr CLI utility, but in a graphical world using a CLI utility which is not intuitive too?? The above remarks can be overcome by manually creating/editing the xorg.conf file. But be honest, normal end users can do that? As it stands now, the X (7.5) experience has less features then before making Windows and Mac interesting again because they offer per screen resolution setting using a GUI and if the driver supports it, panning too. Alas, they don't offer fast (using the keyboard) resolution changes as the X 7.4 and before versions did. So - lacking a feature request function - I like to see: - Previous resolution changes using a key sequence on a virtual canvas being restored. - Easy per screen resolution setting with optional panning being restored. - Offer a GUI for the xrandr utility with intuitive settings (so none technical people can use it too). People before me have suggested to send a bug report, but since removal of these features have been done by design, it can't be a bug since it is a feature (or lack of). Frans. _______________________________________________ <a href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a>: X.Org support Archives: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg</a> Info: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> Your subscription address: <a href="mailto:jafeiner@gmail.com">jafeiner@gmail.com</a> </blockquote></div> -- - Joel