On Monday 12 February 2007, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I've a Dell E1505 laptop with a 1050*1400 resolution LCD screen, and a > regular external CRT monitor that can display video up to 768*1024. > I'd like to plug the monitor into the laptop's output, but I need the > output to display 768*1024. How would one go about ensuring that the > correct resolution is used depending on whether or not the monitor is > connected? > > Googling about led me to a bash script that changes screen resolution, > but I'd prefer something automatic: LCD always get 1050*1400 and the > CRT always gets 768*1024. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas. > A year or so back I used a package called gtf, which creates modelines from the information it can read from your monitor. It solved my problem nicely. That wasn't with FC, though, so I don't know whether there is an rpm or you will have to build it. It's worth a try, though. Anne
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