notebook / multiple visual displays - activation and control

[David Timms]

Hi,

There are a couple of scenarios with multiple displays etc, that don't 
work that well in F8, in particular when the situation changes. Eg: 
notebook (hp compaq nx6320):
- lcd panel: 1024x768
- vga out: {connected to sony crt 1400x1050), or some lcd.
- svideo/composite OP: different pins are used on the connector and a 
converter cable can be ysed to pckup the composite video pins.

If I boot up, adjust the connectors  {plug different  bits in} then 
login, for the most part that output will be activated. The following work:
- lcd panel only
- lcd and crt
- crt only
- lcd and svideo
- lcd and composite
, which is great. However, changing a display connection while logged in 
doesn't adjust the outputs that are activated.
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Use case:
Flo started her laptop when she arrived at work in the morning, and by 
lunch time she has 15 apps open {eg pdfs, spreadsheets, documents, 
program editors, web pages, email, and the presentation she has been 
working on}.

She needs to move the laptop in the meeting room, so that she can give 
the presentation. While the battery keeps the unit going, and 
networkmanager takes care of getting the unit re-connected to the 
company network, she finds the image wont show on the boardroom 
projector via the vga output.

She tries the Fn F4 {panel|panel+vga|vga} key combo. The panel screen 
flickers black for a micro second, but the image is not sent out the vga 
port. She tries the system-config-display, but isn't willing to restart 
X to activate the changes as suggested by the applet (because she would 
waste so much time to get her materials reopened).

Since she has been watching DVD's on her SVideo TV at home she plugs the 
SVideo into the large screen TV, and again can't get an image to be 
displayed. Composite is no go as well. At this moment the sweat drips 
from her brow and the heart starts pounding as the first meeting guests 
arrive...
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Or perhaps I am simply missing the fedora howto or correct application, 
or key stroke to either cycle through different inputs, or auto activate 
them as they are plugged in. {intel 945GM driver}

DaveT.