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

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:30:50 -0800, Shaw Vrana <shawv@comcast.net> wrote:
> One other question, slightly related.  Contrary to the xrandr man page which
> states that the 'default size is the first size specified in the list' my
> thinkpad continually loads the 1600x1200 view.
> 
> xrandr output:
> [shaw@kron shaw 30]% xrandr
>  SZ:    Pixels          Physical       Refresh
> *0   1024 x 768    ( 542mm x 406mm )  *0
>  1   1600 x 1200   ( 542mm x 406mm )   0
> 
> I tried placing the 1024x768-1024x768 metamode as the first in the list, but
> this didn't help.  Should I just add a xrandr -s 0 to an init script
> somewhere, or is there a way to configure this within the xorg.conf file?
> 

mergedfb overloads the standard mode information with modes for each
head. try just adding 1024x768 by itself to your metamodes.  If that
doesn't work, you could also try adding a custom modeline with a
different name (like "1024x768-special").

Alex

> Thanks,
> Shaw