From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 11:08:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A7D0106564A for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:08:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 123488FC15 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oBNB80Cr046424; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:08:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9ABA2BAC3; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:07:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:07:59 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Leslie Jensen Message-ID: <20101223110759.GA13934@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4D12FAFC.5040705@eskk.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D12FAFC.5040705@eskk.nu> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop with external monitor, how to make it work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:08:10 -0000 --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 08:32:12AM +0100, Leslie Jensen wrote: >=20 > I'm looking for a description on how to make the switching between=20 > monitors work. In my case it's the key combination Fn + F8 on a Dell=20 > Latitude E6500. Try xrandr(1) instead. That should work even if you're not booting with the external monitor connected I've used the following to get my laptop desktop (1366x768) to show up on a beamer which has a lower resolution (1024x768). xrandr --output VGA-0 --same-as LVDS --scale 1.33x1 --verbose Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk0TLY8ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXvrwCeIvJWINBrLYm91tokdu1SNg82 pw4AoJzcudxaM1wYA0R8J4FROrxyRfeB =Ydg2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c--