Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:41:47 -0500 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Higher-res external monitors under X Message-ID: <c0qvcs$9j2$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20040216165033.GA19948@panix.com>
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Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > I've asked a variant of this question elsewhere, so I > apologize for anyone seeing it again. To reduce it to what I > think is the simplest form: > > I'm running XFree86 4.3.0 on an IBM ThinkPad X23 under FreeBSD > 4.8, with Gnome/Metacity. The built-in screen has a maximum > resolution of 1024x768. I would like to be able to plug in an > external monitor and have that monitor display with a higher > resolution, without having to restart X (and thus have to shut > down all my running X apps, etc.). > > How can I accomplish this, if it's even possible? I don't think it is possible. Maybe someday soon though. The new RandR extensions should allow for on-the-fly resolution changes, but unfortunately I don't think any window managers have taken advantage of the new functionality yet. I think I saw KDE support in CVS though, so it should be available soon. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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