Re: Attaching a monitor via vga

2012-06-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 07:27:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Adding a new mode should not be needed for most monitors. I do this to set up the external video: xrandr --output VGA --above LVDS That's to span a single desktop over both monitors. Some desktop environments have their

Attaching a monitor via vga

2012-06-19 Thread David Tilbrook
I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is 1680x1050 -- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15) which is irritatingly small for my old eyes. So I want to attach an external monitor via a vga cable, which I have been doing with my RedHat thinkpad A31P for

Re: Attaching a monitor via vga

2012-06-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Wednesday 20 June 2012 07:52:58 David Tilbrook wrote: I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is 1680x1050 -- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15) which is irritatingly small for my old eyes. yeah, the age. So I want to attach an external

Re: Attaching a monitor via vga

2012-06-19 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 08:52:58PM -0400, David Tilbrook wrote: I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is 1680x1050 -- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15) which is irritatingly small for my old eyes. So I want to attach an external monitor via a vga