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<p>Pushed from Themanclub.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== displaying available / detected video modes ==<br /> <br /> performed on lenovo laptop running LMDE<br /> <br /> $ '''xrandr'''<br /> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1152 x 864, maximum 8192 x 8192<br /> LVDS1 connected 1152x864+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 303mm x 189mm<br /> 1440x900 60.0 + 59.9 50.0 <br /> 1360x768 59.8 60.0 <br /> 1152x864 60.0* <br /> 1024x768 60.0 <br /> 800x600 60.3 56.2 <br /> 640x480 59.9 <br /> VGA1 connected 1152x864+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm x 275mm<br /> 1600x1200 60.0 +<br /> 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 <br /> 1152x864 75.0* <br /> 1024x768 75.1 60.0 <br /> 800x600 75.0 60.3 <br /> 640x480 75.0 60.0 <br /> 720x400 70.1 <br /> DVI1 connected 1152x864+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm x 275mm<br /> 1600x1200 60.0 +<br /> 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 <br /> 1152x864 75.0* <br /> 1024x768 75.1 60.0 <br /> 800x600 75.0 60.3 <br /> 640x480 75.0 60.0 <br /> 720x400 70.1 <br /> TV1 unknown connection (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)<br /> 848x480 30.0 +<br /> 640x480 30.0 +<br /> 1024x768 30.0 <br /> 800x600 30.0 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> $ '''xrandr --output DVI1 --mode 1600x1200'''<br /> <br /> <br /> == setting up dual monitors example (on aptosid with xranr 1.3) ==<br /> xrandr --output HDMI2 --mode 1600x1200 <br /> xrandr --output HDMI2 --mode 1600x1200 --right-of VGA<br /> == ERROR: xrandr: cannot find crtc for output DVI1 ==<br /> <br /> <br /> to solve the above error, I performed the following<br /> <br /> '''xrandr --output TV1 --off'''<br /> '''xrandr --output LVDS1 --off'''<br /> '''xrandr --output VGA1 --off'''<br /> '''xrandr --output DVI1 --mode 1600x1200'''<br /> <br /> <br /> then...worked and ran 1600x1200 successfully :)<br /> <br /> <br /> taken from useful link http://fluxcoil.net/doku.php/hardwarerelated/thinkpad_x200<br /> <br /> excerp:<br /> With 2.6.31/2.6.32 this works using just 'xrandr –output VGA1 –mode 1024×768'. With 2.6.30 i just get 'xrandr: cannot find crtc for output VGA1' from the command thou. xrandr without option here detects all outputs as connected. The VGA-output can then only be used after manually deactivating the other outputs: <br /> <br /> [[category:linux]]</div>

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