Dual monitor (LCD) support

Mike Smith mikeosmith at gmail.com
Wed Apr 13 12:41:28 UTC 2005


On 4/13/05, russell cook <ruscook_oz at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>  Ta I'll give this a go.
>  When I get Xorg back to normal.  I played with the dual head stuff, didn't
> like the default mode (rightof I suppose). Did a dpkg-reconfigure
> xorg-xserver and now everytime I boot into X, the external monitor is stuck
> in 640x480 virtual window into the "real" 1280x1024 screen. If I open the
> laptop lid, it is displaying the true full screen window but no matter what
> I can't get the external monitor back.
>  
>  I've run dpkg-reconf a few times, I've cold booted with the lid closed,
> open, forced the monitor to external (Fn-F4) then cold booted, so far
> nothing works. Annoying as I had a good display before I messed with it . 
> 
>  

Once I had Dual Head working. I went into "Resolution"
System->Administration(?) and fixed the Virtual Resolution issue.

--
Mike




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