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James Ausmus wrote: |
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> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com |
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> <mailto:emailgrant@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> > How are you guys getting your laptops to do VGA output? My system |
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> > functions fine without an xorg.conf right now. Do I need to create |
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> > one if I want VGA output? |
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> > - Grant |
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> Actually it works great after a reboot. Is there a better method for |
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> switching VGA output on and off than plug/unplug + reboot? |
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> Depending on the driver you are dealing with, regular old xrandr from |
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> the command-line should do the trick (or a wrapper app like krandrtray |
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> that Nikos suggested) |
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> HTH- |
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> James (A) ;) |
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I use xrandr and do have an xorg.conf; some info I used in the past |
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http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2 |
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Typically I use my laptop on a port replicator attached to a VGA. |
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I use windowmaker; after a switch from laptop monitor to vga or |
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vice-versa, I need to restart wm; all through the command-line. |
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Valmor |