On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 17:00 -0500, Adam Jackson wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 15:08 -0500, Thomas J. Baker wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 14:16 +0100, Tomas Janousek wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:27:17AM +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote: > > > > How does one actually do this? Do I have to configure the monitors > > > > in xorg.conf, or are they autodetected? What program do I use to > > > > tell xorg to turn the monitors on and off? > > > > > > Using the xrandr command. For example, a command > > > xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x768 --pos 0x800 > > > will add the external monitor below my laptop panel. > > > > > > But you may have to configure a separate Monitor section for the external > > > monitor to be able to use modes other than those from the LVDS, which is done > > > by a line in the Device section: > > > Option "Monitor-VGA" "name of the monitor" > > > > > > -- > > > TJ., BaseOS, Brno, CZ > > > > > > > Which version of xrandr do you have installed? Those don't seem to even > > options in the FC7 one I have: > > Yeah, entirely my fault, the package never got off my hard drive. > Should be available tomorrow. > > - ajax > I have a laptop with i945 graphics. Any reason why the screen would be limited like it seems to be: continuity> xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 1280 VGA connected (normal left inverted right) 1280x1024 75.0 59.9 1152x864 74.8 1024x768 75.1 60.0 800x600 75.0 60.3 640x480 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right) 261mm x 163mm 1280x800 60.0*+ 60.0 1280x768 60.0 1280x720 60.0 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 640x480 59.9 TV disconnected (normal left inverted right) continuity> xrandr --output VGA --mode 1280x1024 --pos 1281x0 xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1280x1280 (desired size 2561x1024) continuity> xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x768 --pos 1281x0 xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1280x1280 (desired size 2305x800) continuity> xrandr --output LDVS --mode 1280x800 --output VGA --mode 1024x768 --pos 1281x0 xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1280x1280 (desired size 2305x800) continuity> I connect up a Dell 2407 LCD display which doesn't seem to be correctly detected (1920x1200 native resolution) and then my max resolution doesn't seem to allow for much expansion. I thought the driver would borrow system memory as needed (so that this is not a memory problem)? Thanks, tjb -- ======================================================================= | Thomas Baker email: tjb@xxxxxxx | | Systems Programmer | | Research Computing Center voice: (603) 862-4490 | | University of New Hampshire fax: (603) 862-1761 | | 332 Morse Hall | | Durham, NH 03824 USA http://wintermute.sr.unh.edu/~tjb | ======================================================================= -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
