Re: [Xpert]monitor redetection

2002-05-22 Thread Keith Packard
Around 20 o'clock on May 22, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > Monitor redetection isn't implemented at the moment. The RandR implementation in the kdrive vesa server can requery the BIOS for modes; laptop BIOSes generally reflect the changes visible when the select output is switched. I use th

Re: [Xpert]monitor redetection

2002-05-22 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Brian Wellington wrote: > I'm running X (4.2.0) on a laptop, occasionally plugged into an external > monitor. If I start X with the built-in display is active and later > switch to an external monitor (using the hot-keys), I end up with a > 1024x768@60Hz display on a CRT, wh

Re: [Xpert]monitor redetection

2002-05-22 Thread Billy Biggs
Brian Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is there a way to kick the server and get it to notice the monitor > change, perhaps doing DDC, and change the mode to one with a better > refresh rate? I didn't see a way for xvidtune to do this. I also > tried writing a simple program to fetch the curre

[Xpert]monitor redetection

2002-05-22 Thread Brian Wellington
I'm running X (4.2.0) on a laptop, occasionally plugged into an external monitor. If I start X with the built-in display is active and later switch to an external monitor (using the hot-keys), I end up with a 1024x768@60Hz display on a CRT, which is less than optimal. Starting X with the extern