From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 08:50:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 070E116A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 08:50:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail3.panix.com (mail3.panix.com [166.84.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2D2C43D1D for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 08:50:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jester@panix.com) Received: from panix2.panix.com (panix2.panix.com [166.84.1.2]) by mail3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED33988FB for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:50:34 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jester@localhost) by panix2.panix.com (8.11.6p2-a/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id i1GGoXV20463 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:50:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:50:33 -0500 From: Jesse Sheidlower To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040216165033.GA19948@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Higher-res external monitors under X X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:50:46 -0000 I've asked a variant of this question elsewhere, so I apologize for anyone seeing it again. To reduce it to what I think is the simplest form: I'm running XFree86 4.3.0 on an IBM ThinkPad X23 under FreeBSD 4.8, with Gnome/Metacity. The built-in screen has a maximum resolution of 1024x768. I would like to be able to plug in an external monitor and have that monitor display with a higher resolution, without having to restart X (and thus have to shut down all my running X apps, etc.). How can I accomplish this, if it's even possible? Thank you. Jesse Sheidlower