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>> I've only ever used my laptop's VGA-out into 4:3 screens and it always |
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>> works great. I've now plugged it into a 16:9 screen for the first |
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>> time, and it still displays 4:3 on that screen and on my laptop. Is |
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>> there a way for it to detect the proper aspect ratio? Maybe it |
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>> depends on the monitor's EDID? If not, can I manually change the |
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>> aspect ratio? |
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>> - Grant |
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> Not sure about how well it will work automatically, but try running |
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> xrandr |
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> and reading the output. It should tell you what monitors you have |
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> hooked up and what resolutions and scan frequencies they support. I |
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> did this and then put the ones I wanted into my xorg.conf file and was |
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> good to go. |
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> Hope this helps, |
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> Mark |
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Thanks Mark. Is there a slick way to restart xorg without rebooting |
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so you can switch between VGA-out mode and non? When I'm doing |
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VGA-out, my laptop's screen changes to match the aspect ratio of the |
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output so it's good to be able to switch. |
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- Grant |
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