Different XF86Config for different user

[Christopher K. Johnson]

Peter Eddy wrote:

> Robin Laing wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> You can specify "novirtual" in XF86Config to get rid of that silly 
> virtual desktop. Then I think X will behave as you'd expect, the 
> boundary of your desktop at all modes is then the same as your monitor.
>
>> Some WWW sites don't work to well at higher resolutions.
>
>
> If it's the size of the text that's a problem and you're using 
> mozilla, you can just type Ctrl +/Ctrl - to make the text larger or 
> smaller. It doesn't seem like changing the screen resolution out to be 
> necessary to view a web page.
>
> Peter
>
>
If you use gnome then go to the Main Menu (on task bar) | Preferences | 
Display Resolution  to set a different resolution it does not have the 
virtual desktop issue, and I believe that is a per-user setting change 
since it gets saved in ~/.gconfd/saved_state

Chris

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