On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 07:27:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
>
> Adding a new mode should not be needed for most monitors. I do this
> to set up the external video:
>
> xrandr --output VGA --above LVDS
>
> That's to span a single desktop over both monitors.
>
> Some desktop environments hav
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Chad Perrin wrote:
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 08:52:58PM -0400, David Tilbrook wrote:
I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is 1680x1050
-- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15") which is
irritatingly
small for my old eyes.
So I want t
Allow me to mention an additional approach (but I think using
xrandr is fine - it sometimes works where "bare X" fails).
Depending on the options of the GPU in your laptop, you can
use /etc/rc.conf to make specific settings depending on
what "connector" (internal dotmatrix display, external
VGA, b
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 08:52:58PM -0400, David Tilbrook wrote:
> I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is 1680x1050
> -- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15") which is
> irritatingly
> small for my old eyes.
>
> So I want to attach an external monitor via
Hi,
On Wednesday 20 June 2012 07:52:58 David Tilbrook wrote:
> I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is
1680x1050
> -- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15") which is
> irritatingly
> small for my old eyes.
>
yeah, the age.
> So I want to attach an exter
I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is 1680x1050
-- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15") which is
irritatingly
small for my old eyes.
So I want to attach an external monitor via a vga cable, which I have been
doing with my RedHat thinkpad A31P for years
