On Wednesday 05 November 2003 07:11 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 03:04, Paul Kaplan wrote: > > I set up 9.2 on an IBM T40, which has an ATI Radeon 7500 and in internal > > LCD at 1024x768. At the time I set it up, I had an external keyboard > > (with a built-in trackpoint AND trackpad), mouse and 1280x1024 monitor > > attached through a port replicator. Setup correctly detected and > > configured the external devices. > > > > However, when I boot the machine without being attached to the port > > replicator, X still presents the 1280x1024 desktop (only the upper-right > > 1024x768 pixels) and the internal pointing devices (a trackpoint and a > > trackpad) are non-responsive. > > how annoying. You'll need to add the extra pointing devices to > XF86Config4 manually. Not sure how to do the screen size properly, but a > workaround would be to do CTRL-ALT-[keypad-minus] to cycle to a lower > resolution. This is not fun on a laptop keyboard (hint: numlock on, > semicolon).
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried the CTRL-ALT-[keypad-minus] (got it enabled), but it didn't do anything the resoultion. I had to config through control center. Is there some trick to activating this particular keyboard sequence? Paul > > > How do I configure X (4.3) so that it autodetects whether the external > > monitor and pointing devices are attached and sets the video output > > appropriately? > > > > TIA > > Paul > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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