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

[Alex Deucher]

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:
> > > 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.
> 
> 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.

Alex

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