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From: James Ausmus <james.ausmus@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VGA output?
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:50:54
Message-Id: b79f23070911041150k5ae2d26fud555bbe38547c022@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: VGA output? by Grant
1 On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > > How are you guys getting your laptops to do VGA output? My system
4 > > functions fine without an xorg.conf right now. Do I need to create
5 > > one if I want VGA output?
6 > >
7 > > - Grant
8 >
9 > Actually it works great after a reboot. Is there a better method for
10 > switching VGA output on and off than plug/unplug + reboot?
11 >
12 >
13 Depending on the driver you are dealing with, regular old xrandr from the
14 command-line should do the trick (or a wrapper app like krandrtray that
15 Nikos suggested)
16
17 HTH-
18
19 James (A) ;)

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