Laptops and external monitors

Laptops and external monitors

Post by Goldman of Chao » Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:41:08



Hello,

I'm running Debian and the not-quite-most recient verion of X 4.3.?

Strange behavior,  when I do a 'startx' as root the active monitor
changes to the built in screen.  If I do a 'startx' as a non-root
user, the active screen will stay which ever screen I have currently
active.

Not really a big deal, since I can still hit <FUNCT><F3> to switch
active monitors; however, any suggestions as to where to look to
make the root user behave the same as the non-root users?

Now that I have the dual head working on my main system, I'm
looking for other weirdness to clear up.

Pointers to files or man pages to read would be wonderful.  I'm
looking to better understand what is going on rather than just
'do this to fix'.

Thanks!

Matthew

P.S. I'm running this all on a Compaq 1930 with the ATI Moble
Rage Pro 8 meg card.

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