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[ChairmanPoo]

#!/bin/sh
cvt 1024 768
xrandr --newmode "1024x768_60.00"   63.50  1024 1072 1176 1328  768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA1 1024x768_60.00
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1024x768_60.00

It works fine when I type it line by line in the terminal. Why doesn't it work when I try to run it as an executable? (I did not forget to enable "allow to run as an executable", for the record)

[optimumtact]

If you are familar with the terminal can you use ls -a to determine wether it has the x permission bit set?

[eggrock]

If you are familar with the terminal can you use ls -a to determine wether it has the x permission bit set?

ls -l will show the permissions, -a displays 'dotfiles'.

OP, what error do you get? And why is the string for newmode quoted while the rest are not? (Shouldn't make a difference either way.)

[ILikePie]

And why is the string for newmode quoted while the rest are not? (Shouldn't make a difference either way.)

That's just the output of cvt:

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$ cvt 1024 768
# 1024x768 59.92 Hz (CVT 0.79M3) hsync: 47.82 kHz; pclk: 63.50 MHz
Modeline "1024x768_60.00"   63.50  1024 1072 1176 1328  768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync


[optimumtact]

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If you are familar with the terminal can you use ls -a to determine wether it has the x permission bit set?

ls -l will show the permissions, -a displays 'dotfiles'.

OP, what error do you get? And why is the string for newmode quoted while the rest are not? (Shouldn't make a difference either way.)

Heh my bad, I thought it might have been wrong but didn't bother to double check.

[ChairmanPoo]

Hadn't tried running it from console (I intended this to be a clickable in the menu bar). The error I get when doing it from console is "Bad interpreter: No such file or directory".


Managed to fix that by changing endline from windows to linux. Now the error I get is this:


# 1024x768 59.92 Hz (CVT 0.79M3) hsync: 47.82 kHz; pclk: 63.50 MHz
Modeline "1024x768_60.00"   63.50  1024 1072 1176 1328  768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
  Major opcode of failed request:  149 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  16 (RRCreateMode)
  Serial number of failed request:  27
  Current serial number in output stream:  27


PD: it works now. It was the end of line thing. Thanks everyone