coverup Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 add an init.d script on boot to detect whether the system is docked, then adapt the correct Xorg config, or configure acpid to modify the X config file on boot. to dynamically change it, you could write a script for the acpid daemon to run when a docking event occurs, that calls xrandr to resize the screen. It's possible, but not the sorta thing a distro will setup for you, because it's such a ridiculously corner case, that I doubt anyone has ever even considered implementing it. But the infrastructure IS there (acpid & init) to use and implement it yourself. James Could you please advise how do I detect whether the laptop is docked? As for switching resolutions on the fly, I tried running xrandr and got an error message: Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0". Don't know what that means... I'd say, switching between the laptop screen and an external display/projector should be routinely supported - both VGA and DVI should work. Under Windows I can use the Fn+F7 combination to switch between the internal and external LCDs or use both at the same time. Under Linux, I can only use one at a time, and the Fn+F7 combination does not function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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