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
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