From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 18:57:48 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 4CE3616A4CE; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:57:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kweetal.tue.nl (kweetal.tue.nl [131.155.3.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8ACE43D5A; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:57:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stijn@sandcat.nl) Received: by kweetal.tue.nl (Postfix, from userid 40) id 1D75213B8A0; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:57:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from umta.win.tue.nl (umta.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.100]) by kweetal.tue.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E0813B885; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:57:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sandcat.nl (pcwin165 [131.155.69.121]) by umta.win.tue.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8353631401C; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:57:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: by sandcat.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 618E4729; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:57:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:57:24 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20050427185724.GA91704@sandcat.nl> References: <426DE3F3.2030709@pldrouin.net> <426DE8BC.5030301@pldrouin.net> <426DE579.5040606@ultra-secure.de> <200504271320.20103.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200504271320.20103.jhb@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Bright-Idea: Let's abolish HTML mail! X-Spam-DCC: : X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on kweetal.tue.nl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=6.3 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 cc: Pierre-Luc Drouin cc: Rainer Duffner cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org 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 18:57:48 -0000 On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 01:20:19PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > 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. check out xrandr(1) which is what KDE uses. (recent X.org or maybe XFree needed) --Stijn -- Remember, kids: "Q" is always followed by "U". You can learn more on the Internet in the Spelling FAQU. -- James "Kibo" Parry