On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 23:12:55 -0800 Donald Chai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Dec 6, 2008, at 10:32 PM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 01:14:45 -0500 > > Jeremy Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> If you are using a recent version of xorg, and don't have your screen > >> resolution hardcoded in xorg.conf, it should be autodetected. For > >> example, the last time I had to do a presentation, I plugged in the > >> projector, restarted X, and it auto-detected the right resolution to > >> use. > >> > >> Jeremy > > > > Yeah I think its quite recent. I'm using debian lenny and xorg 7.3 and > > xserver-xorg-core 1.4.2. > > > > I will try what you said and restart xserver...And how does dwm behave > > in this case? does it just mirror the screen? > > BTW, restarting X is not necessary: the *whole purpose* of Xrandr is > to avoid doing this. Just plug in your external display and run > "xrandr --output VGA --auto" or whatever your external display is > called. dwm is already set up to receive configure events, and will > do The Right Thing. > Really? But I thought DWM used Xinerama and not xrandr?
