Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:57:24 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Use VGA connector on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050427185724.GA91704@sandcat.nl> In-Reply-To: <200504271320.20103.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <426DE3F3.2030709@pldrouin.net> <426DE8BC.5030301@pldrouin.net> <426DE579.5040606@ultra-secure.de> <200504271320.20103.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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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
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