From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5mi4-0007hD-2Z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:44:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 00443E09F4; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:43:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f191.google.com (mail-yw0-f191.google.com [209.85.211.191]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA919E09F4 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:43:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh29 with SMTP id 29so6662141ywh.32 for ; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:43:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5AtjiFZfiwT7MSPlx0B1JEnY6PGmWET9SHWcEbLg2Cg=; b=dFmTSdN3qBuVXaRTxsPEjHXZjWP62bOAQ+4i0syTGKTOPS9B3dFtxm/iDO7AEM9/UH 6q89pKokG2drlqY8/DY2eVg4QmS5eurh/iGpPFrJh639LW3lHxTI4N0h6UOE5eP8Evf6 rlBbD9srxEDo6iz6aVYxZXg5MbBIGLoz+/2V8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AbKRpNURVQRY7yrQraNoIQm5nN+GedM+46vGuA7UD3G5393YXQiqA7P38wxJbnNP9N wmeJBUElQ2v759AHA66JYWfnFYt/XG3qhwZi0CCQcHTcRmFw09lSOSYgL5g3d41OnJS0 JWo6lnB3ocK+A9oVqhZ6/d6stS5x0Mctdtb5s= Received: by 10.90.45.11 with SMTP id s11mr3973758ags.72.1257367392731; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:43:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.10.7? (c-68-47-168-136.hsd1.tn.comcast.net [68.47.168.136]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm498773ywh.2.2009.11.04.12.43.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:43:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4AF1F539.3040900@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:17 -0500 From: Valmor de Almeida User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091019) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VGA output? References: <49bf44f10911040928h76a76260x474ec18b83d14924@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10911040947p75121463j76aa793cca6db613@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: dea0936d-42db-476a-81df-b6c8236c4aa7 X-Archives-Hash: 8eb0ef657d572489ce69eecbb973da52 James Ausmus wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Grant > wrote: > > > How are you guys getting your laptops to do VGA output? My system > > functions fine without an xorg.conf right now. Do I need to create > > one if I want VGA output? > > > > - Grant > > Actually it works great after a reboot. Is there a better method for > switching VGA output on and off than plug/unplug + reboot? > > > Depending on the driver you are dealing with, regular old xrandr from > the command-line should do the trick (or a wrapper app like krandrtray > that Nikos suggested) > > HTH- > > James (A) ;) I use xrandr and do have an xorg.conf; some info I used in the past http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2 Typically I use my laptop on a port replicator attached to a VGA. I use windowmaker; after a switch from laptop monitor to vga or vice-versa, I need to restart wm; all through the command-line. -- Valmor