Monday, September 29, 2008

Switching displays workaround Fn-F7

Original text:

http://mcphersonz.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/switching-displays-with-a-lenovo-t60-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/

xrandr –output VGA –auto # Autodetect the VGA
xrandr –output LVDS –auto # Autodetect the laptop display
xrandr –output LVDS –mode 1024×768 # Specify the laptop display resolution
xrandr –output VGA –left-of LVDS # Extend the VGA to the left of the laptop
xrandr –output VGA –right-of LVDS # Extend the VGA to the left of the laptop

xrandr -q # displays current configuration

1 comment:

Magda said...

in ubuntu 8.10 it works without these tricks