Laptop VGA Dual Output Resolution Configuration and Switching

Ketut Mahaindra ketut.mahaindra at gemalto.com
Fri Jun 30 02:03:14 UTC 2006


I have a Dell Latitude D610 running FC5 with all latest updates and also 
kmod-fglrx to support the ATI card on the laptop.
At work I need from time to time to switch between the laptop LCD 
display to an external monitor and vice versa.
This normally facilitated with a shortcut key on the keyboard Fn+F8.

However, I have not been able to get it working with FC5 so far.
If I connected the external monitor to the laptop VGA output port I 
always have both the laptop LCD and the external monitor displaying at 
the same time.
And the laptop LCD is working at 1400 x 1050 pixels while the external 
monitor can only support 1280 x 1025 which causes the desktop display to 
be cropped.

Any clues on how to make the configuration so that FC5 will be able to 
switch normally between the display and to make it support different 
resolution automatically?
Thanks in advance

-- 
Best regards,

*Ketut Mahaindra (Ito)*
///"The race for perfection has no finish line"/




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