[OT] Re: Changing screens
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 13:56:16 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 08:38:25PM +0200, Matthias Brennwald wrote: Dear all I've got a laptop (Apple PowerBook G4) that I use both at home and on the road (with Debian Etch installed). At home, the laptop is connected to an external screen, with the laptop closed (so, at home, I don't use the laptops own screen). The two screens have different resolutions (laptop screen: 1440 x 1024, external screen at home: 1280 x 1024). The problem is that Debian uses the same screen resolution for both screens, wich I find annoying (it uses 1440 x 1024, which means that the image is larger than what fits on my external screen). How can I make Debain use the appropriate screen size? Do I have to set it manually or is there a way to adjust the screen size automatically? If there is some surefire way to tell which monitor is connected, then it should be a simple matter to restart X with a script that checks which monitor you're using and points to the appropriate xorg.conf (or even changes the file directly (not recommened)). Something like ddcprobe | egrep 'eisa|serial' will probably give enough information as long as the monitor is DDC capable. (ddcprobe is in package xresprobe) If monitor detection is not really possible (I personally wouldn't know how to do it) then a simple script could be used to change a symlink to point to the appropriate xorg.conf. then an /etc/init.d/*dm restart would fix you right up. there are many solutions but essentially you have to set up some situation where you can put different xorg.conf's in place as needed. -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Re: Changing screens
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:55:37AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 13:56:16 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 08:38:25PM +0200, Matthias Brennwald wrote: Dear all I've got a laptop (Apple PowerBook G4) that I use both at home and on the road (with Debian Etch installed). At home, the laptop is connected to an external screen, with the laptop closed (so, at home, I don't use the laptops own screen). The two screens have different resolutions (laptop screen: 1440 x 1024, external screen at home: 1280 x 1024). The problem is that Debian uses the same screen resolution for both screens, wich I find annoying (it uses 1440 x 1024, which means that the image is larger than what fits on my external screen). How can I make Debain use the appropriate screen size? Do I have to set it manually or is there a way to adjust the screen size automatically? If there is some surefire way to tell which monitor is connected, then it should be a simple matter to restart X with a script that checks which monitor you're using and points to the appropriate xorg.conf (or even changes the file directly (not recommened)). Something like ddcprobe | egrep 'eisa|serial' cool. thanks Florian A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Changing screens
Dear all I've got a laptop (Apple PowerBook G4) that I use both at home and on the road (with Debian Etch installed). At home, the laptop is connected to an external screen, with the laptop closed (so, at home, I don't use the laptops own screen). The two screens have different resolutions (laptop screen: 1440 x 1024, external screen at home: 1280 x 1024). The problem is that Debian uses the same screen resolution for both screens, wich I find annoying (it uses 1440 x 1024, which means that the image is larger than what fits on my external screen). How can I make Debain use the appropriate screen size? Do I have to set it manually or is there a way to adjust the screen size automatically? Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing screens
On 05/20/2007 01:38 PM, Matthias Brennwald wrote: Dear all I've got a laptop (Apple PowerBook G4) that I use both at home and on the road (with Debian Etch installed). At home, the laptop is connected to an external screen, with the laptop closed (so, at home, I don't use the laptops own screen). The two screens have different resolutions (laptop screen: 1440 x 1024, external screen at home: 1280 x 1024). The problem is that Debian uses the same screen resolution for both screens, wich I find annoying (it uses 1440 x 1024, which means that the image is larger than what fits on my external screen). How can I make Debain use the appropriate screen size? Do I have to set it manually or is there a way to adjust the screen size automatically? Matthias You can edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that X only knows about the resolution(s) you want to use. The resolution is controlled by both the display depth and the list of allowed modes. First, shutdown X windows: log into a virtual console as root and type '/etc/init.d/gdm stop (assuming that your display manager is gdm--adjust to your environment). Copy your xorg.conf to a backup file, e.g. xorg.conf.bak. Find your DefaultDepth in xorg.conf. Each display depth (8, 16, 24, ...) has its own section in the configuration file. Find the section for your depth and edit the list of allowable modes so that only 1280x1024 appears. Save the modified xorg.conf and restart gdm (or kdm or xdm). The display should have the appropriate size. Another option would be to have both 1440x1024 and 1280x1024 in the modes list and to use Control-Alt-Plus to switch between the modes. I hope this helps. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing screens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another option would be to have both 1440x1024 and 1280x1024 in the modes list What would this look like? Two 'Modes' lines? Or one line with two entries? How are they separated (space, comma, whatever)? and to use Control-Alt-Plus to switch between the modes. Control-Alt-Plus changes the font size in my mailtool... Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing screens
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 08:38:25PM +0200, Matthias Brennwald wrote: Dear all I've got a laptop (Apple PowerBook G4) that I use both at home and on the road (with Debian Etch installed). At home, the laptop is connected to an external screen, with the laptop closed (so, at home, I don't use the laptops own screen). The two screens have different resolutions (laptop screen: 1440 x 1024, external screen at home: 1280 x 1024). The problem is that Debian uses the same screen resolution for both screens, wich I find annoying (it uses 1440 x 1024, which means that the image is larger than what fits on my external screen). How can I make Debain use the appropriate screen size? Do I have to set it manually or is there a way to adjust the screen size automatically? If there is some surefire way to tell which monitor is connected, then it should be a simple matter to restart X with a script that checks which monitor you're using and points to the appropriate xorg.conf (or even changes the file directly (not recommened)). If monitor detection is not really possible (I personally wouldn't know how to do it) then a simple script could be used to change a symlink to point to the appropriate xorg.conf. then an /etc/init.d/*dm restart would fix you right up. there are many solutions but essentially you have to set up some situation where you can put different xorg.conf's in place as needed. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Changing screens
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 10:34:07PM +0200, Matthias Brennwald wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another option would be to have both 1440x1024 and 1280x1024 in the modes list What would this look like? Two 'Modes' lines? Or one line with two entries? How are they separated (space, comma, whatever)? and to use Control-Alt-Plus to switch between the modes. Control-Alt-Plus changes the font size in my mailtool... keypad plus, or change focus away from your mua A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Changing screens
On 05/20/2007 03:34 PM, Matthias Brennwald wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another option would be to have both 1440x1024 and 1280x1024 in the modes list What would this look like? Two 'Modes' lines? Or one line with two entries? How are they separated (space, comma, whatever)? They're on the same line separated by spaces: Modes 1280x1024 1440x1024 and to use Control-Alt-Plus to switch between the modes. Control-Alt-Plus changes the font size in my mailtool... Matthias I meant to use the keypad plus :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing screens
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Mumia W.. wrote: On 05/20/2007 01:38 PM, Matthias Brennwald wrote: [...] Another option would be to have both 1440x1024 and 1280x1024 in the modes list and to use Control-Alt-Plus to switch between the modes. You can also use the ServerLayout option to choose an appropriate mode, see the man page for server configuration file (XF86Config-4 on sarge, xorg.conf on etch). Regards, Tad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
