Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:41:37 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Alokat <mailing@alokat.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: display resolution on my thinkpad t61 Message-ID: <20110226064137.b8ad01f0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4D683001.8020102@alokat.org> References: <4D682300.4090007@alokat.org> <4D683001.8020102@alokat.org>
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:41:05 +0100, Alokat <mailing@alokat.org> wrote: > On 02/25/11 22:45, Alokat wrote: > > 1440x900 is enough for the external but the internal can / should use > > 1680x1050. > > How can I add this to xrandr? > I got it ... > Just started without the external monitor and after that use this command: > > xrandr --output LVDS --primary --output VGA --auto --left-of LVDS > > Now the internal monitor is the primary .. contains the Fluxbox menu and > the external is the secondary. You can also use xrandr to force settings that are not present in xorg.conf or cannot be configured properly: xrandr --fb 1680x1050 xrandr --size 1680x1050 I'm using this "hack" to convince X to run my monitor at 1400x1050 which it doesn't seem to be able to anymore (unlike XFree86 - same system, GPU, and monitor). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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