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

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:13:05 -0800, Shaw Vrana <shawv@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 February 2005 01:59 pm, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:08:15 -0800, Shaw Vrana <shawv@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > On Monday 14 February 2005 02:24 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:43, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > > > You might want to search google for how to set up custom modelines.
> > > >
> > > > Another ModeLine Calculator seems pretty good:-
> > > >
> > > > http://delenn.tky.hut.fi/amlc/
> > >
> > > In the meantime, I've setup my thinkpad key to toggle between the sizes
> > > I've got setup, so switching to 1024x768 isn't that painful.. :)
> >
> > Oh.  I though you were not able to get 1024x768.  If I understand you
> > right I think you have done the most that's currently possible for
> > waht I think you were looking to do.
> 
> 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.

Alex

> 
> Thanks,
> Shaw