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On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Mike Mazur <mmazur@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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Hi |
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> I have an nVidia card, and I can use the NVIDIA X Server Settings app |
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> to dynamically detect and configure displays I connect to my laptop. |
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> When I'm done with the configuration, I simply apply it, and keep on |
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> truckin' without having to restart X. |
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I don't use xorg.conf in my notebook Lenovo T61, Intel 965GSM , xorg and |
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xfce ~x86, gentoo 2.6.30 with KMS, anymore. |
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Both kernel and X switch to 1280x800 resolution automatically, xinerama is |
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disable. |
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> Doing this manually each time I connect/disconnect an external display |
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> can get tiresome. I can generate an xorg.conf for each setup I |
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> frequently use (ie: different monitors at work/home, no monitor on the |
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> go), but that means restarting X when the display configuration |
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> changes. This can be undesirable if I just want to move from my desk |
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> to the living room. |
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> I'd like to run a single command, passing it one of my xorg.conf files |
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> (for instance), and have my screens configured on-the-fly. I looked at |
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> the command-line options for nvidia-settings and nvidia-xconfig but |
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> they don't seem to do what I want. I also looked at XRandR but I'm not |
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> sure what's the best way forward. |
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> Does anyone have something like this already set up? What did you use? |
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> Will these nvidia tools do what I need or should I look to XRandR? How |
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> do I get started with setting up XRandR? |
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When I connect a external monitor, I just use this basic script to adjust my |
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external monitor to have a wide screen (VGA1) |
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xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1280x800 |
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xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1280x1024 --above LVDS1 |
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To do this more useful, you can pass the resolution of VGA1 as a parameter. |
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To disable wide screen : |
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xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1280x800 |
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xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x1024 --same-as LVDS |
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> Thanks! |
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> Mike |
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