Different XF86Config for different user

[Robert Marcano]

On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 17:11, Robin Laing wrote:
> Raghu V Vadapalli wrote:
> > Though I don't know what the solution is but It would be interesting to
> > know what your application is ?
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 12:49, Ricardo Ardila Vetrovec wrote:
> > 
> >>i don't know, X configuration file it's made for de SERVICE X WINDOWS! 
> >>and not to pass a X WINDOWS for differents users!
> >>
> 
> I don't know what Ricardo's need sare but I can think of one usage and 
> I am working on doing this as well.
> 
> Users that like different screen resolutions.
> 
> My daughter uses our computer for games and such thus uses 
> ctrl+alt+(num+) to change the resolution to suit her needs and my wife 
> likes a different resolution than my daughter.  In both cases, the 
> total screen isn't shown on the monitor, just part of it and message 
> dialog boxes can be missed.
> 
> Some WWW sites don't work to well at higher resolutions.
> 
> It is a lower priority on my list of things to do but for home usage, 
> it could be important.  XFree wish list?

You can do that using "gnome-display-properties" program or "Screen
Resolution" ont the Preferences Menu, this program uses a new XFree86
extension that support that, this value is stored for each user

> 
> We use shell login and my daughters account opens right into X.
> 
> I am looking at the using 'XFree86 -xf86config <file>' and possibly 
> modifying 'startx' to use a user based xf86config file.  I have looked 
> at the option files for startx but as of yet I havn't had much luck.
> 
> -- 
> Robin Laing