Changing display resolution from commandline

[Vesa Paatero]

Hello,

I'd like to change display resolution by using shell command(s). Normally I change it via gnome-display-properties, but that program is interactive and I'd prefer to do it from a script.

I am planning to make a startup script that changes resolution to show things bigger in a certain program which itself provides no option to change the size of things:

- change to smaller resolution
- run the program
- change to normal resolution

Thanks for any help!

Vesa

[Vesa Paatero]

It seems that the xrandr utility solves the problem.