Different XF86Config for different user

[Robin Laing]

Robert Marcano wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 17:11, Robin Laing wrote:
> 
>>Raghu V Vadapalli wrote:
>>
>>>Though I don't know what the solution is but It would be interesting to
>>>know what your application is ?
>>>
>>>On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 12:49, Ricardo Ardila Vetrovec wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>i don't know, X configuration file it's made for de SERVICE X WINDOWS! 
>>>>and not to pass a X WINDOWS for differents users!
>>>>
>>
>>I don't know what Ricardo's need sare but I can think of one usage and 
>>I am working on doing this as well.
>>
>>Users that like different screen resolutions.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Some WWW sites don't work to well at higher resolutions.
>>
>>It is a lower priority on my list of things to do but for home usage, 
>>it could be important.  XFree wish list?
> 
> 
> You can do that using "gnome-display-properties" program or "Screen
> Resolution" ont the Preferences Menu, this program uses a new XFree86
> extension that support that, this value is stored for each user
> 

I will try that and see how it works.  I didn't know that it was user 
dependent.  So many preference options were system wide in the past 
that I didn't really play with this.


-- 
Robin Laing