Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VGA output?

[Joshua Murphy <poisonbl@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:
> On 11/04/2009 07:47 PM, 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?
>
> Might be a shot in the dark, but try krandrtray (it's a KDE app though.)
>  You should get something like this:
>
>  http://i36.tinypic.com/a1rgqu.png
>
> I don't have a second monitor to connect so I can't try, but perhaps it will
> allow you to enable output to it once you connect it.

lxrandr is a bit lighter, standalone capable, but part of the lxde
desktop "suite". Their wiki page for it:

http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXRandr

Odd timing to run across the question, too, since I just realized I'd
missed that one on my laptop build here.

[ebuild  N    ] lxde-base/lxrandr-0.1.1  193 kB

And if you get an error:
"Unable to get monitor information!"

Rebuild xrandr. Found that answer in the forum thread below:
http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=639

Of course, if you're one for more power over simplicity of use, xrandr
itself is more than capable, the rest are just frontends, really.

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Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy