Re: xrandr 1600x900 (ThinkPad X220T VGA-port) becomes 1440x900 (Samsung SyncMaster S20A300B)

[riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com>]

On 10/18/23, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
> riveravaldez composed on 2023-10-18 16:05 (UTC-0300):
>
>> Hi everybody, I'm having a resolution issue trying to connect an
>> external monitor to a laptop.
> ...

Hi, Felix, thanks a lot for your very detailed reply and help, it's most
appreciated.

> Using DP instead of VGA would likely solve this if your display had a DP
> input. :p

Certainly, but it hasn't. It has only VGA and DVI-D (Dual Link) inputs, and
the laptop has only DP and VGA outputs, so, VGA is the first option...

> ..., give us something to work from:
>
> 1-copy & paste input/output from
> 	inxi -GSaz
> run from an GUI terminal.

$ inxi -GSaz
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-26-amd64
  root=UUID=f80500ac-b2c4-4b08-b123-7dc04b22ea33 ro quiet
  Desktop: IceWM 2.7.0 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
  vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0126
  class ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony Lenovo Integrated Camera (0.3MP) type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus ID: 1-1.6:3 chip ID: 04f2:b217 class ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
  s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 125 size: 277x156mm (10.9x6.1")
  diag: 318mm (12.5")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3
Mesa 20.3.5
  compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes

> 2-pastebin Xorg.0.log from either /var/log/ or ~/.local/share/xorg/ and
> provide
> its URL.

/var/log/Xorg.0.log
https://paste.debian.net/plain/1295616

> Below in file named /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf could be part of a
> solution, with more information the above request would supply.
> ...

Thanks a lot for the proposed solutions. I'm gonna check them and read what's
needed about X to try to put them at work. Hope there's more help I can get
with the info just added.

Kind regards!