Hey

I usually launch a few games by having a seperate X-session spawn and then use that, the problem is I'm trying to trick a program in Wine which won't run properly unless it's run in a 1024x768 window.

My usual resolution is 1280x1024 and so the new X-server will also have that resolution, meaning the Wine window won't fill up the screen unless i hit [CTRL][ALT]+
This is workable, sure, but I'm writing a HOWTO up on winehq so that any other people can run the game too, so I'm really eager to do this as good as possible

The X-server is being launched like:
Is there any forms of switches which can make it select 1024x768 on start-up ?

Please

I don't know if there is a better way, but maybe you can use the -screen or -layout option and select another screen which you have configures in xorg.conf to support only 1024x768 ?

I may investigate that for my own setup
Unfortunately though, I think that's a little much to ask the user for..
I've looked in the manual though, and I can't find any obvious switches though...

You are probably right.
Maybe you can provide a downloadable script that copies xorg.conf, appends the right Screen setup at the end and start X with appropriate -config option that the user will just run?

How about making xorg.confs.1280 and xorg.conf.1024 then making 2 aliases for each that are easy to remember that use the -config option for right xorg file?

E.g. 'startx1024' and 'startx1280' or the like.

After more thought, what about using the xrandr command?
xrandr -s 1024x768