On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 01:50:02AM +0100, Damjan Georgievski wrote: > > I'm sorry if it has already been discussed here, but I couldn't find > > anything with the keywords I was using. I even had a bad time choosing > > this message subject. > > xrandr ? > > > I bought a new, bigger monitor to use with my notebook. I've already > > configured X, but sometimes I like to write on the tty (there are less > > distractions there) and I'm having a little problem with it. > > > > The native resolution of the notebook screen is 1280x800 and the native > > resolution of the external monitor is 1920x1080, so when I'm on the tty, > > the external monitor uses only a box on the top left side with a size of > > 1280x800. > > > > What I would like to do is turn off the notebook monitor and use only the > > external monitor with its native resolution, without, of course, messing > > with my X setup, as it's already set. > > > > I'm using a Intel GMA965 with KMS. > > it should support virtual size of 4096x4096 by default, so you are fine. > > > > -- > damjan As I said, X is fine. My problem is when using the ttys (alt-f[1-6]), and xrandr doesn't work there. -- Andre
