Hello Christopher, On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:23:35 -0600 "Christopher J. Bottaro" <cjbottaro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hello, > >> A while ago, I posted a question on to setup my FC3 install to detect if > >> my laptop is plugged into a monitor and if so, use a certain > >> resolution/modeline and if not, use another. Someone suggested that I > >> have both resolutions and modelines in my xorg.conf and simply use > >> ctrl-alt-+ (or ctrl-shift-+ or whatever the combo is) to change > >> resolutions based on > >> if I'm using the monitor or not. Well that didn't work for me. The key > >> combo doesn't do anything. > > > > Running a laptop? Take care: the + or - keys are the ones from the keypad, > > and on a laptop the keypad keys might be emulated w/ another additional > > key to press (on my Dell it's the Fn key -> CTRL+ALT+Fn+/ and > > CTRL+ALT+Fn+;). > > Hey, > Does it matter that I have a standard keyboard plugged into the laptop? In > that case, the '-' and '+' to be used are the ones next to the backspace > key, right? Should be yes.. if the XkbModel/XkbLayout correspond to your external keyboard (see relevant InputDevice section in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf). BTW, I just noticed that you were dealing w/ CTRL+SHIFT, and me w/ CTRL+ALT, I wonder why those are different. What video card do you have? Here w/ an ATI one (running fglrx drivers), it cannot detect on-the-fly monitor plugs, I need to restart X. Also, CTRL+ALT+key doesn't resize the desktop contents (panel, etc) but switch to a more narrow windowing sight in the virtual desktop, probably not exactly what you need? Regards, -- wwp
