Version: (using KDE KDE 3.2.0) Installed from: Slackware Packages OS: Linux Thanks for the hard work in KDE 3.2. KRandR has an option to apply settings to KDE startup. Well, this has the effect, among other things, to wreak havoc in splash screens which start configured for one resolution and end up showing in another. this is especially evident in the "Redmond" splash screen. Moreover, one has no way of using the new resolution with other desktops environments/window managers short of editing XF86Config. So, I would propose that KRandR should make the settings more permanent. If an user is satisfied with the current resolution applied by KRandR, then KRandR should modify XF86Config to make that resolution the default, system wide setting, useable not only with KDE but also with IceWM, XFce, etc. Thanks for everything. I will really appreciate fixing this issue. Yours, Eduardo Sanchez from Asuncion, Paraguay, South America member of the KDE-ES Spanish Translation Team
Applying a per-user resolution setting as a system-wide setting is broken. A single machine can run multiple displays off a single XF86Config: for example, in a configuration where each user keeps his work on his own display, so he won't have to log out to let another user take his seat (like WinXP's Fast User Switching). The KRandR settings should remain per-user. The current behavior is correct.
You're right. Root should make system-wide settings. Let me express myself better. As of now, KRandR applies its settings *after* X11 startup; and moreover, its settings are applied only to KDE. What I would like to see is to have the option to have KRandR preferences reflected in that particular user's config or display at the time of X11 startup. So, if a particular user likes to work at 1024x768 in a previously configured display of 1280x1024, KRandR could offer to make this resolution his/her default display resolution, applicable to all window managers/desktop environments used. Additionally, when KRandR is invoked by root, then KRandR should offer the possibility of making those settings system-wide. What prompts me to make this wishlist suggestion is the fact that we removed KXConfig (which is a decision I understand). KRandR could very well be a suitable replacement meanwhile. Thanks, Eduardo
Sorry, I don't intend to implement this. Others are welcome to try. The best solution for you is to set up your X11 configuration to start as you want it to.