I know this solution, the problem is not all fonts scale properly this way. Also, it would be convient to have more than one X session from time to time. Jay On Tuesday 03 July 2001 4:49 pm, you wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Jay Kline wrote: > > Apparently all my friends are going blind. They seem to think that > > 1600x1280 on a 17" monitor is too hard to read. Personally, I like it. > > But they still need to use my computer every now and then. So I would > > like to set up second X server with a lower resolution. I know that you > > can have 2 X servers on one machine, but I have never been successful at > > it. Anyone out there ever do this before? > > Easy way: Set up your X server to allow multiple resolutions, and hit > ctrl-alt-minus to get to the smaller one. :) -- Zippy's brain cells are straining to bridge synapses ...