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displayconfig-gtk package

  1. Bug #144641
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 144641

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Bastiaan Wakkie (bwakkie) wrote : Re: displayconfig-gtk should generate an randr 1.2 configuration where possible

Standard Hardy start-up doesn't start xrandr correctly (I get a copy of my laptop monitor on the external screen) the top screen is also in a lower resolution than the maximum available. (I guess xorg doesnt detect it well enough)

So with the attached code (got it from somewhere I cant remember) I do the following (and it meight be usefull for others)

./external-monitor.sh off (I also kill awn in this command as it isnt working well with screen changes yet)
./external-monitor.sh on above 1280x1024

I guess this is also very handy if you are using a projector (as you can change the resolution appropriately)

Cheers,