From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 18:45:12 2005 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 213B216A4CF for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:45:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail25.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail25.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A561343D70 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:45:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 30664 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2005 18:45:11 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 27 Apr 2005 18:45:10 -0000 Received: from [10.50.41.242] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3RIiqaa044824; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:45:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:20:19 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <426DE3F3.2030709@pldrouin.net> <426DE8BC.5030301@pldrouin.net> <426DE579.5040606@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <426DE579.5040606@ultra-secure.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504271320.20103.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Pierre-Luc Drouin cc: Rainer Duffner Subject: Re: Use VGA connector on FreeBSD 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: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:45:12 -0000 On Tuesday 26 April 2005 02:53 am, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > > Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: > >> Pierre-Luc Drouin writes: > >>> I would like to buy a laptop and I would like to know if this is > >>> usually possible to use the external VGA connector on FreeBSD. > >> > >> It is. That's not OS-dependent. > >> > >> FreeBSD probably cannot switch output destination, but the magic key > >> on the keyboard can (Fn-F10 on my laptop). > >> > >> Arnt > > > > ok thanks. I had heard of some people unable to use projectors with > > Linux (while it worked on Windows) so I thought it could depend on the > > OS. I had also read that we have to edit de X config file and add the > > configuration parameters for the external monitor/projector so I > > thought the X11 driver had something to do with it. > > If your projector can only do XGA (1024x768) and your display can do > more (mine does SGXA+, 1440x1050) you've got to switch to a lower > resolution. > > If there a tool that allows normal, non-root users to switch to > different resolutions? > I can easily have two copies of XF86config and swap them as root, but a > secure way for doing that as non-root would be good. KDE has a little tool you can stick in your system tray to do this similar to putting a Display icon in your system tray in Windows. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org