Get current monitor resolution

3saul · 02-22-2006, 11:40 PM

I'm wanting to get the resolution of the screen at any particular time (from the command prompt). I've tried the getting the resolution of root but that remains the same even if you have loaded an app/game which changes the resolution.

satinet · 02-23-2006, 07:12 AM

xdpyinfo | grep -i 'dimensions'

pixellany · 02-23-2006, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satinet

xdpyinfo | grep -i 'dimensions'

Interesting---
Where are obscure utilities such as this documented? X users guide..manual..?

satinet · 02-23-2006, 09:17 AM

dunno, but i just found this:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faqs/2006/0...olution-of.php

there are a few little tricks like that i think....

3saul · 02-23-2006, 04:42 PM

Both:
xdpyinfo | grep 'dimensions' | awk '{print$2}'
xrandr | grep '*' | awk '{print$2$3$4}'

Give me 1024x768 - which is what I'm guessing X is set at...
What I'm wanting to do is figure out if an apps is running fullscreen or not, no one seems to be able to give me an answer on that question so I'm trying to do it other way's...like get the currently 'in focus' window and get it's resolution. I then need to compare that to something to figure out if it's full screen or not...
Thanks for the responses.