[newbie] Laptop, Mdk 10.0 and external monitor

2004-05-13 Thread Mads Paulin 
Hi,

I have Mdk10.0 running on my ASUS M2400N laptop.

I would like to connect an external lcd monitor running at 1280x1024.
The internal lcd panel is 1024x768.

I can switch between internal, external and both monitors using the Fn
key on my laptop and via acpi.

Is it possible to configure X to use different resolutions on the two
monitors ? - and if: How ?

It does not have to be at the same time

I know it can be done using two XF86Config-4 files, but I would like it
to happen automatically (even without the ctrl-altc-+/- switch..

Regards
Mads



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[newbie] Drakconf detects wrong amount of video RAM

2002-04-11 Thread Mads Paulin 

Hi,

I just installed Mandrak 8.2.

I have tried to change the resolution of the screen, but drakeconf
detects a TNT2 card with 4 mb RAM. the card type is correct but the
amount of ram should be 32.

Also, it detects the card as a pci card. This hsould be agp.

I am running XFree 4.2

Any suggestions to how to get this right ?

Best Regards
Mads




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Re: [newbie] Drakconf detects wrong amount of video RAM

2002-04-11 Thread Mads Paulin 

I think that the detected amount of video RAM is used to detect which
colordepths are available at a given screen resolution. My problem is
that i want my monitor at a resolution of 1280x1024 at 24 bpp in approx.
75 Hz. I cant get all three things in linux although I can i Windows.

Everytime i change the resolution-box in drakconf to 1280x1024 the depth
automatically changes to 16bpp. I figured that this had something to do
with the wrong amount of video RAM.

Mads


On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 11:09, Derek Jennings wrote:
 On Thursday 11 April 2002 9:40 am, Mads Paulin wrote:
  Hi,
 
  I just installed Mandrak 8.2.
 
  I have tried to change the resolution of the screen, but drakeconf
  detects a TNT2 card with 4 mb RAM. the card type is correct but the
  amount of ram should be 32.
 
  Also, it detects the card as a pci card. This hsould be agp.
 
  I am running XFree 4.2
 
  Any suggestions to how to get this right ?
 
  Best Regards
  Mads
 
 Not sure if the RAM displayed actually means anything. But in any case you 
 can change it if you wish by editing /etc/X11/XF86Config-4  In the stanza 
 where your video card is defined you will see a line about RAM (probably 
 commented out)
 
 As for it being shown as PCI. Do not worry. This is normal. AGP cards are PCI 
 as well as AGP. It will be working as AGP as you will see if you look at 
 /var/log/XFree86.0.log   
 
 derek
 
 
 

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