Michel D�nzer wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 15:12, Olaf Stetzer wrote: > > > > I have some troubles in setting up my notebook for both > > CRT and LCD output. I tried to find some documentation > > about this issue but did not find anything! The situation > > is as follows: > > > > Both outputs work and I can even switch between LCD, CRT and > > LCD/CRT-mode with Fn-F6 but I don't know how to set up > > the different Screens so that I get a decent Mode for the > > monitor output. I have tried to set up two Monitor and > > Screen Sections and even two ServerLayout Sections for the > > two outputs but it seems that XFree is alway using the > > second of the two ServerLayouts which is the LCD one. > > You can choose a specific ServerLayout with the -layout switch. > But you cannot switch server layouts while it is running. There is also no way to change resolutions while X is running without keeping the virtual screen size the same, so you can't switch to the LCD resolution and still have the whole workspace visible. The ability to resize the screen is being worked on, though.
If you want two different resolutions of the same screen at the same time, I think this can only happen if the video card can internally scale the VGA-out to fit the LCD screen. But, I don't know about laptop vidoe hardware. VGA projector manufacturers recommend that you start your laptop after it is plugged in to the projector, and not try to use the LCD display because a lot of laptops can't put out high-resolution while the LCD display is on, no matter what OS you use. Joe Krahn _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
