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 1N5lsc-0001tz-9u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:50:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 22478E0D03; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f47.google.com (mail-pw0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB16EE0D03 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:50:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj10 with SMTP id 10so3532571pwj.26 for ; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:50:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ebhKzXwpTYc8azAX9bpm5x343jAPdrCk2gRzBHzoZvg=; b=A94pto9X6TUEyiKzMsqvM8rfYDz9S8yEf/SUDyQUOP5sFXo62YS9X/Z+jjaF0jSBSR 9O/KUe/yaepYB0M6FhGyah2PKkoT/ZKlXzOW18k28o0rO/+8B5GWPBHltbZ0P7IuBlv0 Fzog4jxNFgEPffLndBGwvDdjxhXRGByLOeqsQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=n1/3qJnIC45UN745xvAzWud8nd149NTySveu2ZZEAGfjnuAmUosZm4FvKz8kUZFhv8 0X0bkcF/xp6YYqmPPXPW7TagX8vY3S5tDcv1B6fnESVMAwSGDBaulHPJlTuNtT/RSIx9 q9gdnER5TQ+wYjO6hE8Ko+zQYt7ro8G2bdpFo= 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 Received: by 10.142.55.11 with SMTP id d11mr190602wfa.17.1257364252547; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:50:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10911040947p75121463j76aa793cca6db613@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10911040928h76a76260x474ec18b83d14924@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10911040947p75121463j76aa793cca6db613@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:50:52 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VGA output? From: James Ausmus To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636b2bc83a05988047790ed12 X-Archives-Salt: fe8139d8-b872-43af-bea0-0db0db596c89 X-Archives-Hash: ef3ae644ee95db2e7afb2e7e031846ed --001636b2bc83a05988047790ed12 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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) ;) --001636b2bc83a05988047790ed12 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Grant <emailgrant@gmai= l.com> wrote:
> How are you guys getting your laptop= s to do VGA output? =A0My system
> functions fine without an xorg.conf right now. =A0Do I need to create<= br> > one if I want VGA output?
>
> - Grant

Actually it works great after a reboot. =A0Is there a better me= thod for
switching VGA output on and off than plug/unplug + reboot?


Depending on the d= river you are dealing with, regular old xrandr from the command-line should= do the trick (or a wrapper app like krandrtray that Nikos suggested)
=A0
HTH-

James (A)=A0 ;)
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