[Debian-eeepc-devel] External monitor

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 09:45:00AM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 01:28:37PM +0100, obregonmateo at gmail.com wrote:
> > What should I try to get two separate displays?
> 
> 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")

Technically this works fine on the 701 4G, but it's practically
unusable, because both displays' resolution must fit in 800x800
together. So the best option is 640x350 on the internal and 720x400 on
the external display -- which short said sucks.

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 03:03:57PM +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> You probably need to set this up manually with xrandr or one of the GUI
> alternatives like grandr.

Both work fine for me.

		Regards, Axel
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