1280 X 768 corrected

[Karl F. Larsen]

Dennis wrote:
> command doesn't do nothing.  When running laptop by itself, I have
> always got 1280x768.  It's when I plug in external monitor is when it
> changes resolutions, with the exception of XP.  anyway thanks for all
> your input. feel free to give more advise, info etc.
> Dennis
>   
>
> On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 20:10 -0400, Jason Straight wrote:
>   
>> On 05/26/2009 08:02 PM, Dennis wrote:
>>     
>>> yes, this work great on my laptop, but my external monitor didn't like
>>> it at all.  usually they both support the same resolution. my external
>>> monitor goes into power savings mode.  so close.  tell me what you
>>> think.
>>>       
>> I'm not well versed in dual monitor setups, but try 'xrandr --screen 1 
>> -s 1280x768' and see if that brings your external around.
>>
>> 'xrandr -q' should list what modes each screen are in with an * next to 
>> the one being used - fyi. Might give some clue as to why your signal to 
>> external was lost.
>>
>>     
>
>
>   
    You are the ONLY person on earth that has such a laptop and external 
viewer :-)

No way for anyone else to guess what your problem could be. But if 
WindowsXP can handle your problem, and your dual booting with it, why 
not use Windows?

Karl


-- 

	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
	#450462   http://counter.li.org.
   PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C  ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7