Re: Changing resolution on laptop

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On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 16:40 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I've a Dell E1505 laptop with a 1050*1400 resolution LCD screen, and a
> regular external CRT monitor that can display video up to 768*1024.
> I'd like to plug the monitor into the laptop's output, but I need the
> output to display 768*1024. How would one go about ensuring that the
> correct resolution is used depending on whether or not the monitor is
> connected?
> 
> Googling about led me to a bash script that changes screen resolution,
> but I'd prefer something automatic: LCD always get 1050*1400 and the
> CRT always gets 768*1024.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
> 
This is not exactly automatic but its use depends on the answer to the
following question. When you plug in the external monitor does the
internal lcd screen cease working, If so one might do this.
<ctrl><Alt> + cycles through resolutions in your xorg.conf so if you had
the resolutions you mention above in your xorg.conf file it would be
easy to switch between them.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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