xrandr settings in xorg.conf file - how?

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Thu Nov 5 08:37:29 PST 2009


2009/11/5 Łukasz Maśko <ed at yen.ipipan.waw.pl>:
> Dnia czwartek, 5 listopada 2009, Alex Deucher napisał:
> [...]
>> You want:
>> Option "Disable" "TRUE"
>> Yes, it's stupid.
>
> Strange. I did so and now I have in the log file this:
>
> (II) intel(0): Output DVI1 using monitor section DVI1
> (**) intel(0): Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768"
> (**) intel(0): Option "Position" "0 0"
> (**) intel(0): Option "Disable" "true"
> (II) intel(0): Output DVI1 disabled by config file
>
> ...but... I still have the the external screen running as without this
> option! What is wrong now?

If the driver doesn't explicitly turn off the output it might still be
left on by the bios.  If xrandr thinks the output is off, this is
likely the case.

Alex



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