Thinkpad Dapper: control external monitor/project?

[mattengland]

I'm still looking for pointers on this topic, in particular, what it
means to "ONLY THE EXTERNAL MONITOR ACTIVE" as per this thread:



http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=131371



Thanks for any help,

-Matt





Matt England Wrote: 
> Hello,

> 

> I am new to Ubuntu and have loaded Dapper Beta2 on my Thinkpad 41, with
> 

> astonishing success and few if any problems (I have had a marvelous 

> experience), except for controlling my external, 21" monitor via my 

> dock/port replicator (I haven't tried it yet on my projector at the
> office, 

> but I suspect I will have similar problems there).

> 

> I *do* get display on the external monitor (or I did when I first
> installed 

> the OS--that's where I started from during installation), but the I get
> a 

> 800x600-ish view when I want to instead display 1280x1024.

> 

> I also want to switch between the different external-output modes (for
> the 

> projectors works better at a different resolution then the external 

> monitor), and all of the references to the xorg.conf settings (or
> whatever 

> I'm supposed to set) do not seem to mention how I switch *between* the
> 

> different display/layout/monitor settings.  Could I somehow map my
> Fn-F7 

> key (the same one that Windows pays attention to to switch display 

> settings) to a "switch display mode" feature?  Or any button/command,
> for 

> that matter?

> 

> What follows is my short list of discussion reading that I plan to do
> on 

> this (some of which I have already read and posted to).  Thanks in
> advance 

> go out to anyone who can provide additional pointers.

> 

> -Matt

> 

> http://tinyurl.com/oug8c

> 

> http://www.ublug.org/ubuntu/twinview/twinview-howto-breezy.html

> 

> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors

> 

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=131371

> 

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=857691092


-- 
mattengland