External Monitor on laptop

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:42:25 -0400
jbk <jbk at mail2.gis.net> wrote:

> I have been fiddling around with my configuration both grub 
> and the GUI Xconfig that comes with gnome.
> 
> The components:
> Monitor: KDS XF70  a 17" flat screen
> Card:    ATI Mach64
> 
> Toshiba laptop with 800x600 lcd
> 
> Problem #1
> 
> The grub boot splash image panics the kernel when the 
> external monitor is connected.
> 
> I commented this and hiddmenu out in grub. This allows me to 
>   boot but none of the grub options or menu are displayed.
> 
> After booting and logging in at the default 800x600 
> resolution I have to edit the xconfig with the gnome 
> utility. The monitor is recognized as a KDS and I select the 
>   XF70 option. I logout and in again and then I can set a 
> higher resolution with another gnome utility.
> 
> Problem #2
> 
> I now have an xorg.conf that is not compatible with the 
> default monitor. So I have to maually restore the orginal 
> configuration.
> 
> So, does anyone have ideas on making this a more plug and 
> play process?
Your problems are with Fedora and not GRUB per se.
You can configure your x.org to handle multiple resolutions that you
can switch to using the ctrl/alt/+ (or ctrl/alt/-). 

Another way is that you can use multiple profiles. Not sure how to do
this on Fedora since I am a SuSE user.

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