[Bug 2444] Switch from laptop LCD to monitor fails

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------- Additional Comments From dmkaplan at ucdavis.edu  2005-02-01 17:18 -------
Thanks.  Adding:

Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, LFP"

to my xorg.conf helped quite a bit.  Now, Fn+F8 will switch from Laptop LCD to
CRT.  Pressing Fn+F8 again switches back to LCD, but it also places a screwed up
version of the screen on the CRT (funny lines at the top and the rest of the
screen is shifted down).  Pressing Fn+F8 a third time brings me back to CRT
only.  There is no way to get both working at the same time correctly or get
back to just LCD.

i810switch continues to be able to turn CRT on and off, but the CRT only appears
correctly if I have not pressed Fn+F8 previously.

Also, X functions independently of the virtual terminals, but they interfere
with each other.  If I am using CRT and then I switch to a virtual terminal, it
will appear on the LCD (pressing Fn+F8 will bring the virtual terminal to the
CRT, however).  If I then return to X, X will always appear on the CRT, forcing
me to press Fn+F8 again, which is a pain as I also use an external keyboard that
does not have an Fn key.

While the combination of i810switch and the extra option in xorg.conf makes for
a useable system, it would be nice not to have these minor annoyances.  Is there
any way to make it so that:

1) Fn+F8 cycles normally through LCD,CRT,LCD+CRT,LCD...?
2) Virtual terminals and X appear on the same screen and switching from one to
the other does not affect where they appear?

Thanks again.              
     
     
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