Hello.
I have a Sony Laptop with an ATI radeon graphics card.
After updating the xorg radeon driver to 1.4, (by installing
kubuntu 8.04), MergeFB is no longer supported (replaced by xrandr),
and I got some new problems with external monitor.

1. When I maximise a window, or run some program in Full-Screen mode,
it will only use part of the screen.

2. The part of the laptop screen outside 1024x768 is unreachable (it
used to pan when I moved the mouse to the border, but it does not do
that any more).

3. krandrtray has no 1280x1024 selection, even if the external monitor
is running that size. I can no longer switch between 1024x768 and
1280x1024 when attaching/detaching the monitor.

4. When I close the lid on the laptop, also the external monitor is turned
off, not only the laptop screen.

Does anybody know which spells I will have to cast in xorg.conf to
get X working with an external monitor again. All the above used to work.

Basicly I just want to use the external monitor when I have connected it,
ignoring the laptop screen.

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Stein Gulbrandsen wrote:
> Hello.
> I have a Sony Laptop with an ATI radeon graphics card.
> After updating the xorg radeon driver to 1.4, (by installing
> kubuntu 8.04), MergeFB is no longer supported (replaced by xrandr),
> and I got some new problems with external monitor.

Gone there seen that myslef.

>
> 1. When I maximise a window, or run some program in Full-Screen mode,
> it will only use part of the screen.
>
> 2. The part of the laptop screen outside 1024x768 is unreachable (it
> used to pan when I moved the mouse to the border, but it does not do
> that any more).
>
> 3. krandrtray has no 1280x1024 selection, even if the external monitor
> is running that size. I can no longer switch between 1024x768 and
> 1280x1024 when attaching/detaching the monitor.

Execpt if you are running kde4, krandrtray does not support xrabdr 1.2.
Using xrandr inside a terminal you can set the things.



> Basicly I just want to use the external monitor when I have connected it,
> ignoring the laptop screen.
>

Then disable the laptop screen when docked. You will then be able to set
the resolution you want. And do not forget to reeanble it before
undocking...

-- eric