[ltp] thinkpad with external monitor howto (2001FP)

[Eben King]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Alex Deucher wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:24:20 -0500 (EST), Eben King
> <eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:13:05 -0800, Shaw Vrana <shawv@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > As I mostly use the laptop at work without the external monitor attached, I
> > > > was looking for the default display to be set to 1024x768.  Currently X
> > > > always goes to 1600x1200, and I've got to toggle back down after login so
> > > > that I don't have to scroll madly all over the place.
> > >
> > > Yeah, your only option right now is to run xrandr in your desktop
> > > session init file.  X starts by default in the largest mode available.
> > 
> > If you have 1000x800 and 800x1000 defined, how does it decide which is
> > bigger?  I think it starts in the first mode listed.
> 
> I'm not sure in that case.  since the modes are mirrors of eachother. 
> I suspect you will end up with a 1000x1000 desktop.

I just tested it, turning this:

Subsection "Display"
    Depth   16
    Modes   "my_1536x1152" "my_1280x960" "my_1024x768" ...
EndSubsection

into this:

Subsection "Display"
    Depth   16
    Modes   "my_1280x960" "my_1536x1152" "my_1024x768" ...
EndSubsection

and it started in 1280x960.  Ctrl-alt-plus brought up 1536x1152.

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