How do I set up an external monitor on a docking station?
Guido Heumann
listguido at web.de
Wed May 11 23:05:53 UTC 2005
John Ruschmeyer schrieb:
> I have Ubuntu Breezy loaded on my old Dell Inspiron 3700 (PIII/450,
> Mach64-based ATI Rage Mobility). I recently picked up a docking station
> (port replicator, really) and KVM and want to use it with an external
> monitor and keyboard.
>
> If I boot the notebook with the lid open and the display going to the
> internal LCD, X starts fine at the configured resolution of 1024x768.
> Once X is running, I can switch the display to the external monitor and
> all works as expected. If, however, the X server starts with the display
> switched to the external port (lid open or not), I get a 640x480 display
> on the external monitor.
This could be related to the KVM switch, which in some way prevents
correct monitor detection. Try if it works without the switch, and
search the list archive for more info about KVM. This topic came up just
recently.
HTH,
Guido
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