On 4 November 2010 14:19, pmgazz <pmg...@gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > Plug in the monitor then go to System > Preferences > Monitors (or > Displays I think, dependent on Ubuntu version) then click Detect > Monitors and it should then recognise it. > > Colin > > > > Unless I'm missing something here (recovering from 'flu and groggy) this > should be pretty straightforward. Some laptops and projectors do throw up > problems but by and large you just attach the VGA and maybe reboot or > re-login and you're away!
You snipped the point I was answering, namely: On 31 October 2010 22:29, Grant Sewell <dcg...@thymox.co.uk> wrote: > > I have found that my laptop (nVidia GeForce 7000 Mobile graphics chip) > doesn't detect the resolution supported by external monitors correctly > unless it is attached when the computer is turned on. It will happily > detect that something's there, but won't let me push the resolution > beyond 800x600. :( My response was how to get the monitor recognised _without_ logout or reboot. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
