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At Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:33:35 +0200 Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> the update to xorg-server-1.3 broke my dual-screen setup. It creates a |
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> virtual screen size with the same size of the primary monitor for the |
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> second monitor which is my TV. So i can only reach a zone with 800x600 |
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> on the second device, even scrolling within the virtual screen is |
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> impossible. I want 1280x1024 for the primary and 800x600 for the |
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> secondary Monitor which displays the complete desktop on any screen. |
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I also had breakage. I have an 1680x1050 laptop and a 1600x1200 |
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external monitor. When I have the monitor connected, it is all I use. |
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When I don't have the monitor connected, I naturally use the laptop |
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screen. |
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I will give my fix below, but to understand it, I think it is helpful |
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to know what I did previously. |
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Previously, when I went into X (gnome) I have a shell script |
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(~/bin/Xinitialize) run by gnome-session that included |
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xrandr -s 2 (the 2 is from memory and might be wrong) |
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this worked because when I had the ext monitor in I made sure to do fn-f8 |
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before the system went into X. This insured that X came up on the |
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monitor and size #2 was it turns out 1600x1200 (thank you |
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915resolution, for enabling 1600x120 all together). |
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When the ext monitor was not in, by dumb luck, size number 2 was |
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1680x1050 so it all worked. |
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With the new server, the dumb luck disappeared, but a better xrandr |
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appeared to take its place (the real improvement is that the server |
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supports 1.2 RandR). |
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Now my ~/bin/Xinitialize begins |
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#!/bin/sh |
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sleep 2 |
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if xrandr | grep "VGA connected" ; then |
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xrandr --verbose --output VGA --mode 1600x1200 --output LVDS --off |
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else |
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xrandr --verbose --output VGA --off --output LVDS --mode 1680x1050 |
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fi |
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xset s reset # above seems to blank the screen |
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sleep 3 |
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This sets 1600x1200 and turns off the laptop screen when the ext |
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monitor is in. It sets 1680x1050 and turns off driving the external |
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monitor connector (which may well be a useless step) when there is no |
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ext monitor connected. |
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Perhaps something similar will help you. |
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Good luck, |
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allan |
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