1280 X 768 corrected

[Dennis]

Karl, I like the screen size on my external monitor.  I believe other
people on earth have laptops with a external monitor port and use it.
As far as Windows, I like Ubuntu better.  -so if you can't help, send
your emails to others!

On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 18:38 -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> 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
> 
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