I don't get it.... the script I wrote on the Ubuntu box to start a video
game works but the exact same script I doesn't work on the mint computer.
Any idea as to why that is?
I ran this from a terminal and it worked but not from a file on the desktop.
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| xrandr -s 1366x768 <- I ran it from a terminal on the computer and it
worked. |
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On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> the correct way is:
>
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> | xrandr -s 1366x768 <- I ran it from a terminal on the computer and it
> worked |
>
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> whoever wrote that tutorial was crazy. I figured it out with man after
>> the tutorial method didn't work.
>>
>> The correct way is:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Michael J. Astrauskas <trevie@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/6/2011 5:24 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>
>>>> I found a good tutorial on using xrandr and in the example they say to
>>>> set the refresh rat to 75. Is that a good/standard refresh rate? How can I
>>>> see what my refresh rate is currently? This is the file I'm writing:
>>>>
>>>> xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1366x768 refresh ??
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to put that lil script into a file and make it executable.
>>>> Then, when AssaultCube screws with the display all I'll have to do is give
>>>> it a good click and PRESTO.... my screen will be back to normal! Will this
>>>> do what I want it to?
>>>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> Simply running xrandr will show you all outputs and their available
>>> modes, with an asterisk (*) next to the current one.
>>>
>>> 60 Hz and 75 Hz are fairly common refresh rates for LCDs.
>>>
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