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  • Permanent X setup with Xrandr 1.2.99 on Fedora 11

    I have a mini-ITX system with a core 2 duo (laptop) CPU and an i915 chipset on which I just installed Fedora 11.

    kernel: 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i686.PAE
    libXrandr-1.2.99.4-3.fc11.i586
    libXrandr-devel-1.2.99.4-3.fc11.i586

    The graphics is a bit messed up. The chipset and motherboard support LVDS, but I do not have a display hooked up to the LVDS. I have a 1280x1024 LCD monitor hooked up to the VGA (HD15) connector.
    Because the X server detects the LVDS, X windows comes up in 800x600 resolution.

    I would like to set it so that the LVDS is turned off and only the VGA output is turned on, at 1280x1024 resolution. I notice there is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file any more. How do I create an xorg.conf file, or equivalent, to accomplish this?

    TIA

  • #2
    'Xorg -configure' will make you an xorg.conf. Read 'man intel' to learn about the option ("Ignore" should interest you).

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    • #3
      Excellent, thank you.

      "Ignore" is actually covered in the xorg.conf man page, not the intel man page.

      I added this to my new xorg.conf file:

      -------------
      Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "LVDS1"
      Option "Ignore" "TRUE"
      EndSection

      Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "TV1"
      Option "Ignore" "TRUE"
      EndSection
      -------------

      And now only the VGA connection shows up.

      In addition, this somehow allows XVideo to work, which clears up my next problem.

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