[Debian-eeepc-devel] External monitor

[Robert Epprecht]

Eric Cooper <ecc at cmu.edu> writes:

> Recent versions of the Xorg xserver use xrandr for multiple-screen
> support.  When you have your external display plugged in, do
>     $ xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS
> (or use "--left-of", "--above", or "--below" -- see "man xrandr")

> You can make this permanent in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf by using
>     Section "Monitor"
>       Identifier "LVDS"
>       Option "LeftOf" "VGA"
>     EndSection
> (see "man xorg.conf")

The wiki has a similar suggestion:
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Configure
It sets COMBINED_DISPLAY_SWITCHES="--above LVDS\ --auto" in
/etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts

I would be interested to learn which way to tell people to use.
(I don't know anything about X)

Robert