Eliot 2007-07-16 07:35
I see you also have a Latitude X300 (post Christian Studer 2005-06-03 06:36). I have two different profiles for mine: "vertical" and "side by side." In "vertical," the latitude is below a 1280 x 1024 Sony LCD panel. In "side by side," the latitude is on the left side of a generic 1280 x 1024 LCD panel. In both profiles, the external LCD is Primary.
Most of the time things work, but once in awhile when I boot (in either location), the laptop will start in 1280 x 1024 pan-and-scan mode (supposedly not even supported by the computer!) and the external LCD will start in 1024 x 768 mode. The laptop screen will be Primary. The only way to fix it once it happens is to recreate all the settings and save them again using the same profile name.
Is there something happening I can prevent to make this behavior go away? TIA
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Christian Studer 2007-07-16 09:31
Does this happen after you apply the UltraMon display profile?
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Eliot 2007-07-17 05:37
Yes. When I first boot, if the system doesn't accurately "guess" where it is, it seems to pick either Vertical or Side by Side (I think the last one it used, but I'm not sure about this yet), but it picks the wrong one. In that case the screen resolutions are right, but the orientation is wrong. When I select the profile, the screens misbehave.
Eliot
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Christian Studer 2007-07-17 10:53
This could happen if the monitor numbers have changed, for example when you created the profile the external monitor was #1, but when you apply the profile the internal monitor is #1, and the external monitor is #2.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Eliot 2007-07-19 07:09
That could be it, thanks. I'll check it out.
Eliot
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Eliot 2007-07-30 01:51
Just wanted to let you know that you're right. The two locations involved the reversal of primary and secondary roles between the laptop and the external monitor. Easiest fix I could find was to force primary using Fn+F8, enable secondary as needed, and select the profile.
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Christian Studer 2007-07-30 08:38
Thanks for the update.
Currently there is no ideal solution for this, as UltraMon can't detect if a monitor's number has changed.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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