External Monitor in Linux (Ubuntu Edgy)

[lukewarmtapioca]

Has anyone successfully gotten their X60 to hook up to an external monitor with a resolution greater than 1024x768 in Linux?

I've tried both techniques posted below, unsuccessfully: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Gra ... erator_950

I've done quite a bit of research, as well as tinkering with no success sofar.

Any success stories?
Britt

[somlaifischer]

Hi,

well it works on my x31 the following way:
you need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf Screen section, and add the resolution you need (last subsection)

than you need to restart X to change to the external screen with its native resolution.

This works fine for me



Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility M6 LY [Radeon Mobility 9000]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection