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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Using Xorg t extend laptop screen to external monitor Post 302222749 by ElJavi on Thursday 7th of August 2008 01:08:15 PM
Old 08-07-2008
Using Xorg t extend laptop screen to external monitor
Hey,

I was trying to configure my laptop's xorg.conf file so I could use a external monitor. But things got messed up and now I can't get the original back (meaning a high resolution desktop on the laptop). What went wrong? How is it possible that the server always gets stuck at the line:
Code:
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" reference is 2, should be 1; fixing

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Packard Bell EasyNote SJ5. The graphical card is a nVidia Corp GeForce 7000M.

In the default xorg.conf file that the server generates by doing a reconfigure there is no mension of resolution or even graphical cards and so on...

Can anybody tell me what's going wrong? Does anybody has a working file?

Thanks for help in advance,
Javi
Last edited by ElJavi; 08-07-2008 at 02:15 PM..
 

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cvt

CVT(1)							      General Commands Manual							    CVT(1)

NAME

       cvt - calculate VESA CVT mode lines

SYNOPSIS

       cvt [-v|--verbose] [-r|--reduced] h-resolution v-resolution [refresh]

DESCRIPTION

       Cvt  is	a  utility for calculating VESA Coordinated Video Timing modes.  Given the desired horizontal and vertical resolutions, a modeline
       adhering to the CVT standard is printed. This modeline can be included in Xorg xorg.conf(5)

OPTIONS

       refresh Provide a vertical refresh rate in Hz.  The CVT standard prefers either 50.0, 60.0, 75.0 or 85.0Hz.  The default is 60.0Hz.

       -v|--verbose
	       Warn verbosely when a given mode does not completely correspond with CVT standards.

       -r|--reduced
	       Create a mode with reduced blanking.  This allows for higher frequency signals, with a lower or equal dotclock. Not for Cathode Ray
	       Tube based displays though.

SEE ALSO

       xorg.conf(5), gtf(1)

AUTHOR

       Luc Verhaegen.

       This program is based on the Coordinated Video Timing sample implementation written by Graham Loveridge. This file is publicly available at
       <http://www.vesa.org/Public/CVT/CVTd6r1.xls>. CVT is a VESA trademark.

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