Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:52:58 -0400 From: David Tilbrook <dmtilbrook@gmail.com> To: tlug <tlug@ss.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Attaching a monitor via vga Message-ID: <CAAPNFHQvB4fF0CUjiOPXwVmMfE0VcGPUHYAOP7Cw_As8HyqVDg@mail.gmail.com>
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I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is 1680x1050
-- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15") which is
irritatingly
small for my old eyes.
So I want to attach an external monitor via a vga cable, which I have been
doing with my RedHat thinkpad A31P for years.
I tried attaching Asus VE228H (1920x1080) but it would display
only part of the window (the top-left corner). I get a similar behaviour
with a Samsung SyncMaster.
When I tried to xinit with the monitor attached, it displays an even smaller
part of the screen. (On my previous thinkpad with a Samsung, to get a
reasonable full window I had to unplug the vga, start xinit, and then plug
in the vga, but I can live with that.)
My questions:
1) What can I do to display the whole window on an external monitor?
2) Is there a monitor out there that would better support such use?
3) Would a Samsung T220HD 22" which claims to support 1680x1050
work, and is there someone in Toronto who sells it and would let
me test it? (Craigs list doesn't qualify).
-- david
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