/* $Id: xvidmode.c,v 1.3 2002/03/01 16:05:03 roderick Exp $ Roderick Schertler */ /* Copyright (C) 2002 Roderick Schertler This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. For a copy of the GNU General Public License write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ /* My intention is for this program to allow switching among all your video modes from the command line. So far it only switches to the default mode. I bind it to a contraol-alt-keypad-enter so I can more easily get back to the right resolution if a game leaves me in the wrong one. I don't really know anything about X programming. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Display *dpy; int dotclock, modecount; XF86VidModeModeLine ml; XF86VidModeModeInfo **all_info; char *arg0; arg0 = strrchr(argv[0], '/'); if (arg0) arg0++; else arg0 = argv[0]; if (argc != 1) { fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s\n", arg0); exit(1); } /* XXX When one of the functions fails, how do you get a description of the problem? */ dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL); if (!dpy) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot connect to display\n", arg0); exit(1); } if (!XF86VidModeGetModeLine(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy), &dotclock, &ml)) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: XF86VidModeGetModeLine() failed\n", arg0); exit(1); } if (!XF86VidModeGetAllModeLines(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy), &modecount, &all_info)) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: XF86VidModeGetAllModeLines() failed\n", arg0); exit(1); } if (!XF86VidModeSwitchToMode(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy), all_info[0])) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: XF86VidModeSwitchToMode() failed\n", arg0); exit(1); } XCloseDisplay(dpy); return 0; }