[lisi.re...@gmail.com: Re: dual head display on a laptop]

-- Philipp Tölke --- Begin Message --- On 4 November 2011 16:22, Philipp Tölke wrote: >>> What does just "xrandr" say? >> >> Titan:/home/chihiro# xrandr >> xrandr: Output VGA-0 is not disconnected but has no modes >> Titan:/home/chihiro# > > This means that xrandr a) only finds one output which

[lisi.re...@gmail.com: Re: dual head display on a laptop]

-- Philipp Tölke --- Begin Message --- On 4 November 2011 16:22, Philipp Tölke wrote: >>> What does just "xrandr" say? >> >> Titan:/home/chihiro# xrandr >> xrandr: Output VGA-0 is not disconnected but has no modes >> Titan:/home/chihiro# > > This means that xrandr a) only finds one output which

Re: dual head display on a laptop

>> What does just "xrandr" say? > > Titan:/home/chihiro# xrandr > xrandr: Output VGA-0 is not disconnected but has no modes > Titan:/home/chihiro# This means that xrandr a) only finds one output which is strange and b) can't find anything useful about it. What does "grep -i randr /var/log/Xorg.0

Re: dual head display on a laptop

> Titan:/home/chihiro# xrandr --output VGA --mode 1280x1024 --output LVDS --off > xrandr: Output VGA-0 is not disconnected but has no modes > Titan:/home/chihiro# > [...] > Any suggestions? What does just "xrandr" say? Cheers, -- Philipp Tölke signature.asc Description: Digital signature

dual head display on a laptop

Well, single head would be fine, so long as it's the right single head! The laptop is a Compaq Evo N800v running Lenny, and the monitor either a Benq FP71G+ or a DGM L-1721. The Benq is connected at the moment. I first tried simply plugging them both in, one at a time. This wo5rks with Lenny on