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Operating Systems Linux Fedora Xrandr on startup - Fedora 19, VMWare Fusion Post 302898594 by jaykayen on Wednesday 23rd of April 2014 01:16:40 AM
Old 04-23-2014
Tools Xrandr on startup - Fedora 19, VMWare Fusion
I've tried following multiple procedures from various sites but can't seem to get this figured out. There was another thread on here about the same thing but I couldn't figure out how to apply it to my situation. This is my first time on Linux so I'm just learning.

I am running Fedora 19, Cinnamon DE in a VM using VMWare Fusion on a Retina MacBook Pro. I checked the box in VMWare's settings to "Use full resolution for Retina Display" because without it, the display is fuzzy and just plain horrible. The problem, though, is that whenever I login to Linux, the resolution switches to 2560x1600 and everything is just too small. So I switch the res back to 1680x1050 where I like it but the next time I startup the machine, the resolution is back to 2560x1600. So at first I created a bash alias like so

Code:
alias res="xrandr --output Virtual1 --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60"

and it works. But I can't figure out how to automatically run this when I login. I've tried placing the following script in /etc/init.d/ :

Code:
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/bin/xrandr --output Virtual1 --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60

but this doesn't do anything. The file is named "screenres" and has permissions "-rwxr-xr-x".

I think there may be a problem with using VMWare Fusion though. It seems like the resolution is low until after I login. Once I login, the resolution seems to switch to the correct settings for a moment (I can tell by the size of the mouse pointer) but before the black screen goes away, the resolution switches to 2560x1600.

I'm just lost as to what to do. Might anyone have some suggestions or advice for me?
 

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get_desktop_resolution

get_desktop_resolution(3alleg4) 				  Allegro manual				   get_desktop_resolution(3alleg4)

NAME

       get_desktop_resolution - Finds out the desktop resolution. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       int get_desktop_resolution(int *width, int *height);

DESCRIPTION

       Finds out the currently selected desktop resolution. You can use this information to avoid creating windows bigger than the current resolu-
       tion.  This is especially important for some windowed drivers which are unable to create windows bigger than the desktop. Each parameter is
       a pointer to an integer where one dimension of the screen will be stored.

       Under  some  OSes,  switching  to a full screen graphics mode may automatically change the desktop resolution. You have, therefore, to call
       this function before setting any graphics mode in order to retrieve the real desktop resolution. Example:

	  int width, height;

	  allegro_init();
	  ...
	  if (get_desktop_resolution(&width, &height) == 0) {
	     /* Got the resolution correctly */
	  }

RETURN VALUE

       Returns zero on success, or a negative number if this information is not available or does not apply, in which case the	values	stored	in
       the variables you provided for `width' and `height' are undefined.

SEE ALSO

       desktop_color_depth(3alleg4), set_gfx_mode(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2				   get_desktop_resolution(3alleg4)
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