From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 20 18:30:49 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B68E1065686 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:30:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy5-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy5.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4EBAC8FC1C for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:30:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6729 invoked by uid 0); 20 Jun 2012 18:30:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 20 Jun 2012 18:30:48 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=xcaFOsB6fW6s4pmaAy/5tsykH49yaLjf4qJ0JplSCQ8=; b=IkSebO4Zo1oXR64od/veQkrwh7BSXYH8zf/vjkpsKkRfkQWtvxpos7nXK5ShaC2rAUHX1zYH2n5ewd2vZr/YS00HM/ble+r9KaGGzhmBsIly63qgkRCVqrjX7mkd2Eja; Received: from [24.8.180.234] (port=63250 helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1ShPfz-0002m2-RW for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:30:47 -0600 Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:30:48 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120620183048.GF23095@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120620032824.GD15821@hemlock.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Attaching a monitor via vga X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:30:49 -0000 On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 07:27:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > > Adding a new mode should not be needed for most monitors. I do this > to set up the external video: > > xrandr --output VGA --above LVDS > > That's to span a single desktop over both monitors. > > Some desktop environments have their own ideas about which monitors > are attached and what part of the desktop is shown, and that must be > changed in the DE's settings. My use case involves putting everything on one monitor at a time -- the larger desktop LCD when it's plugged in, and the laptop display when the external monitor is *not* plugged in. From the sound of the request, that is the use case the orignial querent in this thread had in mind as well. Your tip could well be useful for some use cases, though. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]