Hi, On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Install a KVM (keyboard video monitor) switch and have two computers > > connected to the same keyboard/video/monitor. > > Good point. The KVMs don't bother to pass the ID info through. > > The obvious (and quickest) workaround would be to remember to install > Linux with the monitor temporarily directly connected to the computer, > likewise when running the system's monitor configuration tool.
Not true. In my setup, I have an AMD64 +ubuntu 7.10 and phillips 21" P1100 monitor that does 80 something hz at 1600x1200. xorg.conf worked perfectly, and correctly detected the monitor and correctly set it up. Good - the system's monitor configuration tool has worked right. Then I got a new computer, and there was not space for an extra monitor/keyboard/mouse. So, I put this new computer on a KVM with the AMD64 computer. Now, the AMD64 computer came up with only 640x480. Browsing the web on a 640x480 monitor for the right modeline is not fun. xorg.conf is, in my view, broken as it does not allow the user to force a higher resolution, except by manually fixing the modeline. The bit that annoyed me the most: the new computer is a windows machine, which worked fine with the KVM. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
