Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-30 Thread Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda
Hi, François. Eventually this worked: xrandr --addmode VGA-1 1280x800 xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1280x800 --same-as LVDS-1 I cannot the the entire screen on the CRT(VGA-1) monitor, but I will try to configure the monitor to display as much as possible (or the left side, at least). Thank

Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-30 Thread francois
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:28:52AM -0200, Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: > Thank you for the input. Here is my other attempt, with the correct monitor > identifiers: > > hudson@musix:~$ xrandr --output LVDS-1 --auto --output VGA-1 --auto > hudson@musix:~$ > hudson@musix:~$ xrandr > Screen 0:

Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-30 Thread Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda
Hi, François. Thank you for the input. Here is my other attempt, with the correct monitor identifiers: hudson@musix:~$ xrandr --output LVDS-1 --auto --output VGA-1 --auto hudson@musix:~$ hudson@musix:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 2047 x 2047 LVDS-1 connecte

Re: Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-30 Thread francois
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 10:05:22AM -0200, Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: > Joel Roth wrote: > >Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: > >>How to enable Xorg to use a VGA monitor plugged to a laptop? > > > >I use a command like this: > > > >xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --output VGA1 --auto > I

Re: Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-30 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 10:05:22AM -0200, Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: > Joel Roth wrote: > >Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: > >>Hi. > >> > >>The monitor of my laptop is broken, thus the screen frequently becomes > >>white. Then, it is nee

Re: Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-30 Thread Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda
Gary Dale wrote: On 29/12/15 07:00 PM, Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: Hi. The monitor of my laptop is broken, thus the screen frequently becomes white. Then, it is needed to turning off the energy and restart the laptop (not always with success). Therefore, I plugged a VGA monitor. Howev

Re: Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-30 Thread Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda
Joel Roth wrote: Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: Hi. The monitor of my laptop is broken, thus the screen frequently becomes white. Then, it is needed to turning off the energy and restart the laptop (not always with success). Therefore, I plugged a VGA monitor. However, the VGA monitor do

Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-30 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 06:39:44PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: > > Hi. > > > > The monitor of my laptop is broken, thus the screen frequently becomes > > white. Then, it is needed to turning off the energy and restar

Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-29 Thread Joel Roth
Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: > Hi. > > The monitor of my laptop is broken, thus the screen frequently becomes > white. Then, it is needed to turning off the energy and restart the laptop > (not always with success). > > Therefore, I plugged a VGA monitor. However, the VGA monitor does not

Re: Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/12/15 07:00 PM, Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote: Hi. The monitor of my laptop is broken, thus the screen frequently becomes white. Then, it is needed to turning off the energy and restart the laptop (not always with success). Therefore, I plugged a VGA monitor. However, the VGA mon

Laptop + VGA + X

2015-12-29 Thread Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda
Hi. The monitor of my laptop is broken, thus the screen frequently becomes white. Then, it is needed to turning off the energy and restart the laptop (not always with success). Therefore, I plugged a VGA monitor. However, the VGA monitor does not work when X is active. (It works very fine wi