SwitchResX 1024 x 768 ?

Has anyone been able to correctly set the AAO Screen to 1024x768 ?

 

The aao screen can not use 1024x768 because his native resolution is 1024x600.

 

Have you read the thread title? I'm talking about the program named SwitchResX. I know the native resolution is 1024x600 that's why I'm asking a question about a software and not hardware related. Thanks for your opinion.

 

Try the a1ctl program. Fan control and will do 1024 x 768, scaled on unscaled.Works great for those rare programs that insist on 1024 x 768.

 

I was under the impression a1ctl was only for Windows. Is it working under OSX now?

 

SwitchResX works, that's how I installed CS3 on my AAO.

http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4036&p=26981&hilit=cs3+install#p26981

 

Yes but it doesn't seem to actually change what you can see. Is there any way to get the extra part of the screen to scroll or stretch like a1ctl does on XP when you set it to this resolution??

 

Any advance with this? Is there any way to get the extra part of the screen to scroll or stretch. I try to use this hack http://www.clipclip.org/clips/detail/7481/macworld-mac-os-x-hints-play-with-gui-scaling but id doesnt work for me because i cant get what I need

 

vesvello - that's neat. It works for me, and I didn't know it was that easy to do. Some visual artifacts, and elements that don't resize right, but it'll do in a pinch for reaching buttons at the bottom of a tall dialog box or the like.

I guess typing defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.79 would get the next app to launch at the max size that would have fit a true 1024x768 display, on the 1024x600 display.

As for the confusion apparent in the thread:

-SwitchResX will set the resolution to 1024x768, but because of the physical screen resolution, you'll only be able to see the top 600 pixels of that 768 - the rest is hidden. The dock, for example, may disappear, as it's now sitting 168 pixels below the bottom of the visible screen. This is, however, useful in a pinch for running software that refuses to even start unless it detects at least 1024x768 resolution. Like the Adobe CS3 or iLife 09 installers.

-a1ctl is great, but Windows only, with no plans by the author to port it (it's tied into the Win32 API apparently).

 

I have been playing around with the AppleDisplayScaleFactor hack above and it is quite interesting as you can shrink windows to half size overall or within a specific app. Unfortunately, it seems not to solve the problem of a window which automatically sizes off the screen. If you cut the size to 50% you get a much larger window but it is still sized off the screen. Very frustrating especially as several of the new iLife 09 apps do this. Hope someone can figure out a way to scroll the larger windows.

 

Take a look at this post for a solution to windows that are too large: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=10814

 

I take it that you're running at 1024x768.. why not just run at 1024x600, and set the AppleDisplayScaleFactor at 0.78?

 

First at all, I used my one for my daughter and i discovered the problem when she decided to go online in one of her favorites webpages.

This is my problem and maybe you can understand why the hack is not working for me:

i used swithcresx to change 1024 x 600 to 1024 x 768, because the webpage demanded this resolution to open the page.
i used the hack to scale safari. defaults write com.apple.Safari AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.79

but the problem is: the hack not only scale safari itself, it scales its content too ( I think it is javascript the code). For you to understand I upload a picture .

Any advise?
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Well after some more investigation, it seems the problem is how the various windows are made. Some windows can be moved up and past the top menu bar (i.e. the finder window) and others can not (i.e. preference panel). Not sure what makes these windows different but the ones with no green zoom dot can not be moved past the top menu (or the side and bottom screen boarders) and therefore apps such as Window Wrangler can not move those windows which are larger than the screen up to where you can reach things off screen but those with the zoom button can be moved past the top (or any border) where you can reach the things which were off screen. As to the suggestion about changing the AppleDisplayScaleFactor to 0.78 and running at 1024 x 600 makes no difference in what you can get to and is not the equivalent of having a 1024 x 768 display.

 

Thank you for this idea. I use SwitchResX, and custom display setting like this: 1024x768-47Hz
This setting works fine. When I switch this display mode, my left side application launcher shift down to the lower position.

Next, I would try to move desktop itself. Once I use Window Wrangler, this have no effect for my environment.