Next time I when try to set up a huge display as an external monitor for my MacBook, I will use DVI, not VGA. Because DVI works wonderfully, VGA does not. This enables the display above the builtin LCD (left or right is not possible with current intel drivers, because maximum virtual screen size is 2048×2048):
xrandr --ouput TMDS-1 --auto --above LVDS
Sometimes after plugging in xrandr does not list the correct resolution for the external device. In that situation you need to create them by hand. The following three-liner does all the work for you:
xrandr --newmode "1680x1050" 149.00 1680 1760 1944 2280 1050 1050 1052 1089
xrandr --addmode TMDS-1 1680x1050
xrandr --output TMDS-1 --mode 1680x1050 --above LVDS
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Alex answers:
published on October 30th 2007, 02:59:28 pmMal ganz abgesehen davon, dass das Bild wesentlich schärfer ist …
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Lars Strojny returns:
published on October 30th 2007, 06:22:51 pmSowas sehe ich eh nicht.
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