Laptop with external monitor

jcolby · n00b Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 27

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I am running Gentoo on my Dell Latitude D620, with an Nvidia Quadro NVS 110M video card. My X.org version is 7.2 and I am running the proprietory Nvidia drivers version 177.82.

What I would like to do would be to set up X.org so that when I boot up my laptop without the external monitor connected X runs with a resolution of 1440x900, and when I boot it up with the external monitor connected I would like X to run with a resolution of 1280x1024. Is there a way to do that? If not, is it possible for me to set up the different resolutions in my xorg.conf file and then switch between resolutions without having to restart X? Also any sample xorg.conf files for me to look at would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
James

audiodef · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject:

I might be wrong, but this might be a job for Xinerama. I'm still figuring it out myself so I can have one of my laptops run one res on its own screen and another on an external monitor - simultaneously. I can't do more than suggest this might be your answer, being a Xinerama newbie, but just wanted to mention it. Do post what you find, though, if you get it working!
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jcolby · n00b Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 27

I think Xinerama is used to get two screens running at the same time, and that is not really what I am looking to do. I am just looking for one monitor at at time.

audiodef · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:12 am Post subject:

You're probably right - but I thought it might be worth checking out. If you get it working, you'll get what you want - just ignore the screen you're not using.
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ganderatc · n00b Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 21

xrandr can change the resolution on the fly. Something like:

xrandr -s 1440x900

or whatever.

andorreJr · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 44 Location: Italy

you can try to use krandtray , i think it could be really useful, if i only can get it work

it's a kde tray icon for the display manager (interface for xrandr?), you can choose resolution, orientation, enable/disable display etc