On 09/24/2010 08:45 AM, Greg Woods wrote: > Is there any way to modify the menu that comes up when you right click > on the desktop? I would like to add an item. > > What I need is a way to invoke nvidia-settings from a blank desktop. > This comes up on my new laptop. The LCD screen resolution is 1440x990, > very nice but that resolution isn't supported by any of the monitors I > connect it to, so it comes up in separate screen mode and the monitor > screen is a blank desktop. I would like to be able to invoke > nvidia-settings from there, without having to open the laptop lid and > use that screen. Once I have nvidia-settings running, I can click a > couple of buttons to change it to "clone" mode and use a supported > resolution, which will give me access to the real desktop on the > external monitor. Unfortunately the resolutions supported by the various > monitors are not the same, so just hard-coding a resolution into > Xorg.conf isn't a good option. I also want the laptop screen to come up > in its maximum resolution by default for the cases where it is NOT > plugged in to an external monitor, so programming a low resolution that > would be supported by any monitor is also not a good option. > > --Greg As far as resolutions go, have you tried xrander? As far as the gnome menu of the root screen: I too would like to add some more menu items. Perhaps I will pose the question on the gnome mailing list. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
