On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 21:46 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: > I have a Dell 1907FP LCD monitor connected to my Dell Latitude E6400 > laptop via the VGA port on the side. (Too bad it isn't HDMI, but one > can't have everything.) The video card is detected as an 'nVidia > Corporation unknown (0x06eb)' by system-config-display. > > What I want xorg to do is to recognize that there are two displays > running: the laptop's native display and the Dell 1907FP, and use each > of these displays at the resolutions they can support. Indeed, I want > to be able to connect an external Dell 2407WFP display as well, and > have xorg detect which of the two external monitors is being used, and > drive the external monitor at the resolution it uses best such as 1920 x > 1200. > > How do I do that? ---- KDE Kickoff => SystemSettings => Display don't know the Gnome equivalent If display was connected and turned on when you started laptop, it should be able to detect and offer all possible modes. system-config-display *might* have created an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file which *might* hold you back. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
