I got a request for my latest kernel .config and xorg.conf for my Thinkpad X61 laptop. Check below and give feedback:
- linux 2.6.22-suspend2-r2-gentoo kernel .config
- thinkpad x61 latest xorg.conf
- NOTE: I can only get the monitor to mirror upon restarting Xorg. I’d love to get any tips on how to get hotswapping of monitors to work. It blows to have to restart X once plugged into another source.
Try this http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Sample_Fn-F7_script
You could try the ‘intel’ driver instead of ‘i810′ and read this page: http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html
I’ve an X60 and the intel driver xrandr works like a champ for doing dynamic dual-head displays … at least under Ubuntu.
Thanks for pointing that out Marius — I’ll have to give that a whirl. I ended up writing my own little switch app:
http://www.kelvinism.com/tech-blog/zenity-gui-shell-script/
Gets the job done, for now at least.
BTW, the steps outlined above and xrandr totally work for changing output. I actually found that I don’t need any of the acpi hacks or anything, nor do I need to even change my X config to get the randr stuff to work! Cool! Let it be known! Also, Kelvin, thanks for the quick script!