Re: FC3 --> ubuntu --> FC4

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To: Ben Steeves <ben.steeves@gmail.com>, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:24:13 -0400

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:35, Ben Steeves wrote:
> On 6/30/05, James Pifer <jep@obrien-pifer.com> wrote:
> \
> > I'm not even talking about at the same time. If I close my laptop
> > display (or boot up with it closed) I should be able to use my external
> > display at a different resolution. At one time I had FC3 working like
> > this. Windows is able to do it (and no, I'm not interested going back to
> > Windows!).
>
> The magic piece I think you're missing (at least you didn't mention
> it) is xrandr. As long as your xorg.conf has both 1280x800 and
> 1280x1024 defined as available resolutions, xrandr ought to be able to
> switch between them easily. I did this all the time with my IBM T30's
> 1400x1050 LCD, my 1600x1200 CRT, and my 1024x768 projector. Worked
> perfectly as long as I remembered to change the resolution *before*
> suspending the laptop.

I'm not real sure how xrandr works, but if I run xrandr at a prompt I
get this:
 SZ: Pixels Physical Refresh
*0 1280 x 800 ( 433mm x 271mm ) *60
 1 1024 x 768 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 2 800 x 600 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 3 640 x 480 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 4 640 x 350 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 5 640 x 400 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 6 720 x 400 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 7 832 x 624 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 8 1152 x 768 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 9 848 x 480 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 10 1280 x 720 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
 11 1280 x 768 ( 433mm x 271mm ) 60
Current rotation - normal
Current reflection - none
Rotations possible - normal
Reflections possible - none

Where is it even coming up with these resolutions since I only have 2
specified in my conf file? You'll also notice that the resolution I
want, 1280x1024, is not even listed.

>From a hardware standpoint, the internal controller, or the one that
drives the internal display probably does not support 1280x1024, but the
external controller does.

For example, if I boot into Windows XP I have different resolution
options depending on which display I'm trying to use.

Can you give me more specific details on how you're using xrandr?

Thanks,
James

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