[TriLUG] laptop and external monitor resolution

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Brent Verner wrote:

>Hi,
>  I've done the google-dance, and I just can't seem to find an answer
>to my current problem.
>  
>
You may safely ignore the following paragraph if you are not Alan (it's 
an anagram, he says).

To prevent possible confusion of terminology... "google-dance" most 
commonly refers to the shifting of page rankings in google, as they 
recalculate all of the various inter-related link values, to determine 
the final rankings, and the propagate all of those changes out to each 
data center.  Various factors over the years have contributed to 
different seemingly rapid changes in page rank, for a brief interval of 
time.  Some how I don't think this is what you had in mind by 
"google-dance", perhaps Google as a verb (I've googled, I've done the 
appropriate googling) is more what you had in mind.  :)

>...Can anyone share some xorg.conf config expertise to help me
>use my external monitor at 1600x1200 (without any trace of the
>viewport silliness...)?  I'm sure I could do this with an
>alternate ServerLayout, but I'm hoping there's a way to do
>this a bit more transparently.
>
Unfortunately, I am actually useless in answering your question.  :)  It 
does sort of depend on if you're treating the external display as a 
"mirror" of your current desktop, or as a separate viewable space.  In 
the former case, I doubt that you can accomplish what you want.  In the 
later case, a second Server section and monkeying with ServerLayout will 
probably be required (but don't quote me on that).

Best of luck!
Aaron S. Joyner