External monitor on IBM T41 laptop

[Eberhard Roloff]

> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:24:48 +0200
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> Unfortunately none of the things I've tried work. I'm willing
> to have it work even if I have to reboot between switching
> between external monitor on LCD but I can't even get that to
> work.

Hi, 
when working with Suse and having an older Thinkpad T21
(1024x768) I always did it like this:

1. install with laptop lid closed and external 1280x1024
monitor connected.
Result: external monitor worked
(I suppose you could achieve the same without reinstall, by
dpkg-reconfiure xserver-org

2. Disconnect external monitor and open laptop: 
Result: 1024x768 internal just works fine.

I only had to use two different X configurations when I was in
a viceversa situation, 
i.e. having a 1600x1200 Laptop but lower res. 1280x1024 "only"
monitor.

regards
Eberhard