External monitor detection

[deric]

After installation Intrepid I had problem with blinking external monitor (as is mentioned here http://blog.nixternal.com/2008.10.22...itor-blinking/). So I disabled XRANDR automatic detection and external monitor stopped blinking, but after boot I have to manually set resolution of screen (on laptop screen everything works fine).

This workaround works for me:

$ xrandr --output LVDS --off   #disable laptop screen
$xrandr --output VGA --auto   #automaticly sets 1680x1050, exactly as I wanted

I can't run this commands autamatically because not every time is external monitor connected. So the solution is to write a bash script that would compare xradnr output - something like this:

xradr | grep VGA: connected

a depending on that would run commands above. Or is there a better solution?

here's my graphic card:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c2]                                                     
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-                    
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-                    
    Latency: 0                                                                 
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16                                                      
    Region 0: Memory at eff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]                                     
    Region 1: I/O ports at eff8 [size=8]                                                    
    Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]                                       
    Region 3: Memory at efec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]                                     
    Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-                               
        Address: 00000000 Data: 0000                                                    
    Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2                                                
        Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)                             
        Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-                                             
    Kernel modules: intelfb

[komuthan]

Re: External monitor detection

I wanna be sure about my external monitors refresh rates are configured right.Where i can see these settings and where i can chance these settings?
There isn't anything in xorg.conf !

[Snowhog]

Re: External monitor detection

Look in K Menu > System Settings > Display > Size & Orientation

[komuthan]

Re: External monitor detection

Look in K Menu > System Settings > Display > Size & Orientation

There isn't any information about that vertical and horizontal refresh rates

[komuthan]

Re: External monitor detection

I wrote a shell script about automating the screen resolution problem on the external monitor but i cant find where to place it,
It must start after x starts.I put it in rc.local but not worked

#!/bin/sh
xstatus=`xrandr -q | grep VGA | grep disconnected`
if [ "$xstatus" = "" ];then
	exec `xrandr --output LVDS --off`
	exec `xrandr --output VGA --auto`
	exit 0;
fi