Julien Cristau writes:
Your desktop is 1400x1050, because that's the dimension of the biggest connected output.
I just opened my lid and indeed, my laptop screen is on and shows the desktop. So this is expected then.
Note that my laptop lid is closed.You can tell X (through xrandr) to turn off the LVDS before closing the lid, manually or using a script. Then the desktop will be resized to the dimension of the other output.
I think the bug may be the switching between internal and external monitor then. Under Etch, when I started my laptop with the lid closed, the desktop would be 1280x1024. When I openend my lid, the internal display would be off. I was able to switch between internal monitor and external monitor with the function keys (on my Dell, it's Fn+F8 and reads "CRT/LCD"). It seems that when I boot the laptop with the lid closed under Lenny, the internal monitor is still working. And my Fn+F8 key doesn't work anymore to switch between the displays. Is this also a bug in Xorg somewhere? Any idea where I should reassign this to? Thanks in advance,
-- Sander Marechal