[Solved] Set Screen Resolution in Openbox

Is there a utility to set the screen resolution in Openbox?
Last edited by Wintervenom (2008-09-26 07:43:03)

You can make an Openbox submenu with various xrandr settings.
Like so:
<menu id="res-menu" label="Resolution">
<separator label="Resolution"/>
<item label="1280x1024">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>
xrandr -s 1280x1024
</execute>
</action>
</item>
<item label="1024x768">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>
xrandr -s 1024x768
</execute>
</action>
</item>
<item label="800x600">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>
xrandr -s 800x600
</execute>
</action>
</item>
Of course, you need to have those modes defined in xorg.conf.
Last edited by moljac024 (2008-09-26 00:06:37)

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