Re: Different X settings for internal and external display
I set mine for the external monitor and it still works for the
internal (since it can't do 1280x1024). So, my settings for 12x10
are for docked, and 10x7 for undocked, and it all works out.
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Peter Cordes wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 12:37:52PM +0300, Torsten Reuss wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I am running potato on a Dell Latitude with an ATI M1 grapics chip and
> > XFree86 3.3.6 and the mach64 X-Server. X correctly activates either the
> > internal or the external display, depending on whether I am docked or not.
> >
> > So fine so far, the only problem I have is that 60Hz on the external Monitor
> > are pretty annoying and 75Hz on the internal LCD cause quite some flickering
> > an making me afraid that the display will start to burn. Unfortunately I
> > have not yet managed to enable X to automatically detect what monitor I am
> > using and use appropriate settings. If anybody else did and can send me
> > his/her XF86Config I'll be happy for that. Links to documentation on these
> > issues are also welcome...
> >
>
> You could do it manually, and make two XF86Config files. One for the
> monitor, one for the LCD. Set up startx to pass the appropriate -config
> option to X, and voila :)
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