Changing resolution on laptop

[Dotan Cohen]

On 15/02/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 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
>

Thanks, Anne. gtf is already installed on my FC6 box, so it must be
default. Maybe anaconda uses it, I don't know. In any case, it's not
outputting what I expect, but I'll play with it a bit and see what I
can learn. Thanks for the great suggestion.

Dotan Cohen

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