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From: Roger Mason <rmason@×××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] [OT] external monitor
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:18:41
Message-Id: y65ejscfq22.fsf@minnie.esd.mun.ca
1 Hello,
2
3 I have Gentoo running on a Toshiba Satellite M70 SR6. I am using
4 ati-drivers to drive the Radeon Mobility X700 PCIE card, with this
5 xorg.conf (xorg 7.1.1):
6
7 Section "ServerLayout"
8 Identifier "X.org Configured"
9 Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
10 InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
11 InputDevice "Mouse0" "SendCoreEvents"
12 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
13 Option "BlankTime" "5" # Blank the screen after 5 minutes (Fake)
14 Option "StandbyTime" "10" # Turn off screen after 10 minutes (DPMS)
15 Option "SuspendTime" "20" # Full suspend after 20 minutes
16 Option "OffTime" "30" # Turn off after half an hour
17 EndSection
18
19 < -- snipped to save space -- >
20
21 Section "Screen"
22 Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
23 Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
24 Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
25 DefaultDepth 24
26 SubSection "Display"
27 Viewport 0 0
28 Depth 24
29 # Modes "1280x800"
30 Modes "1280x1024"
31 EndSubSection
32 EndSection
33
34 When I boot up without an external monitor or projector connected
35 I get 1280 x 800 dimensions on the lcd.
36
37 Why is this, given that I specify 1280x1024 in the "screen" section above?
38
39 When an external monitor or projector is connected I get 1280 x 1024
40 dimensions on both lcd and monitor/projector. Unfortunately, because
41 the real dimensions (in mm) of the (wide-screen) lcd and a standard
42 monitor are different, windows sized for the lcd are wrongly sized for
43 the monitor, and vice versa.
44
45 Is there any way to have 1280x800 on the lcd and (simultaneously) 1280
46 x 1024 on the external monitor/projector?
47
48 Thanks,
49
50 Roger Mason
51
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] external monitor Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>