On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 17:05 -0500, Charlie DeTar wrote: > Howdy, > > I was very excited by the new options for screen resolutions and > external displays in Intrepid, very good for us mobile laptop users who > frequently plug into a variety of monitors. Yay extended desktops! > > But one thing has been lost: the simple default of plugging an external > monitor into my laptop, pressing "fn+F7", and seeing a mirrored display > at the external display's native resolution.
On my IBM R40e Fn F7 does nothing - in fact none of the function keys work at all! After a lot of messing around I have managed to get output to a data projector to work but the local screen is very dim and Power Manager Brightness Applet 2.24.0 has no effect and neither do the Fn Home or end buttons. > In 8.10, in order to get the external monitor in non-extended mode > (mirrored) at its native resolution, I have to: > * Go to System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution > * Enable the external monitor and guess at its native resolution > * Disable the internal laptop monitor (since mirroring at resolutions > higher than the internal resolution is no longer possible) > > Then when I unplug the external monitor, I have to be sure to re-enable > the internal display first, or I'll be left with no screen. If I put my machine into hibernate or suspend, the screen goes blank and even the on/off switch doesn't wok. I had to remove the battery! > The defaults ought to work the way they did in 8.04: pressing "fn-F7" > (or whatever "detect displays" is on your laptop) should mirror the > displays to the external monitor's resolution; this is a sensible > default for projectors and desktop displays of all sizes. Then, Ubuntu > should remember whatever setup you subsequently configure, and default > to that each time you plug into the same type of monitor in the future. > For laptops, Ubuntu should never leave you without a screen -- And even more so without any way of shutting down. > unplugging an external monitor should always re-enable the internal one. > > Thanks for the good work, y'all! > > cheers, > Charlie > > p.s. Should it matter, I'm using a Lenovo X61s with the latest Ubuntu 8.10. I'm on an IBM R40e with Ubuntu 8.10 and all the latest updates. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
