Re: Debian 7 and external monitors and graphics adaptors

["Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>]

Bret Busby writes:
 > 00.01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD nee ATI
 > Device 9852

Type xrandr. You should have one entry for each possible connector.

I.E.

saint@quigley:~
12:22:39 [9] $xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2390 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+1024+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
   1366x768       60.0*+
   1360x768       59.8     60.0  
   1024x768       60.0  
   800x600        60.3     56.2  
   640x480        59.9  
VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 304mm x 228mm
   1024x768       75.1     75.0     70.1     60.0* 
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3  
   640x480        72.8     75.0     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

You can then use xrandr to configure the external monitor, if you wish.

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