I have a Dell D600 laptop with Kubuntu Gutsy installed. lspci shows this :
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01)
The laptop monitor runs at 1400 x 1050.
I want to use an external monitor using the VGA out. It's an LG Flatron L194WS widescreen running at 1440 x 900. The external monitor works but it runs at 1400 x 1050. I want to be able to close my laptop lid and use the external monitor at 1440 x 900. I don't need 2 screens. I would only need the laptop screen if I needed the laptop outside the house and that is currently unlikely.
I have played around with xorg.conf but I can't get my head round the simple terminology used. I am confused between "screen" and "monitor" etc. I managed to get to the point where I could use Fn + f8 to swich off the laptop monitor and use the external one --- only the external one failed. I have just done a dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg to get things back to default.
I must say that in all my time using Linux I have never had to configure a monitor really. I have been very lucky
I know it's time to learn new skills. Can anyone give me any pointers? Sections of xorg.cong are below.
What I really want to know is the terminology of what i am trying to do, I think.
Many thanks!
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
