[maemo-developers] How can I get Display Resolution in N900 maemo5?

[From: praveen koduru]

Hi Ian,
I have tried "apt-get install xrandr" on my N900, Errror: couldnt find the
package.
Can you tell me which package you installed to make xrandr work for you on
N900?
-Praveen

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Ian Stirling <maemo at mauve.plus.com> wrote:

> praveen koduru wrote:
>
>> I know that Display Resolution is 800x480, But I need to see from software
>> the display resolution. I used to check Display Resolution in fedora using
>> xrandr -q.  But maemo doesnt have xrandr.
>>
>> Does maemo has similiar command to print Display resolution?
>> or Can I install xrandr on maemo N900?
>>
>
> While yes, you could install it.
>
> ssh -x user at phone
> ssh -X user at yourdesk
> xrandr -q
> Screen 0: minimum 480 x 480, current 800 x 480, maximum 800 x 800
> LCD connected 800x480+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x
> 0mm
>   800x480        57.2*+
>
> xrandr is run on the desktop, with X forwarded to the X server on the
> phone.
>
> You can also if you're feeling silly run any X app like this, from xlander
> to firefox.
> X performance blows if you don't turn off powersave though.
>
>
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