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By priestess (Wed Aug 22, 2007 at 07:19:16 AM EST) (all tags)

So at work I have this massive monitor, more than two thousand pixels across, huge display. Makes it actually possible to fit all those damned Flash Development windows on the screen so you can see what you're doing and actually get some work done.

Today, however, I'm working from home. At home my monitor isn't quite so beefy. It can only cope with about 1600 pixels across.

Which wouldn't be a problem, except my lappy is set to 2048 pixels and the only way to switch it back is to plug it into a monitor that'll show 2048 pixels so you can see the damned resolution-switching screen

Been trying for an hour or so to kinda feel where the dialog is on the invisible screen in the hope I can switch it to a lower resolution, ANY resolution, just something so I can see the damned dialog.

But it's hopeless.

I tried safe-mode, but for some reason my Mac doesn't wanna boot into safe-mode at all. Just sits there like a dead rock. Grr.

I think I'm going to have to try and work on the crappy little 1024x768 LCD screen built into the laptop. Which is way too small for flash dev. Way way way too small. You can't fit all the windows on the screen or anything.

sigh

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A sub-bug of by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #1 Wed Aug 22, 2007 at 10:55:51 AM EST

its failure to ensure that all functionality's available from the keyboard, too.

Yep by priestess (2.00 / 0) #2 Wed Aug 22, 2007 at 12:04:31 PM EST

I'm used to a proper unix. I keep thinking there must be a textfile somewhere I can edit, go change /etc/X11/xorg.conf or something.

But as far as I can tell there isn't.

Hey ho. I'll be back on the big screen tomorrow, and will try and remember to switch the resolution down BEFORE I leave work when I'm likely to work from home in future.

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: You can always Applescript it. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #3 Wed Aug 22, 2007 at 01:30:02 PM EST

Actually, I guess you could.

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That doesn't make sense to me. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #4 Wed Aug 22, 2007 at 02:16:16 PM EST

Did you try this?

With the external monitor disconnected, do a detect displays. That should make sure your LCD has the menu bar.
Plug in the external monitor and detect displays. That should set the external monitor's screen size correctly.

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No, I shall do next time.... by priestess (2.00 / 0) #5 Thu Aug 23, 2007 at 05:09:21 AM EST

but here's what I'd think would happen.

the LCD has the menu bar anyway when the monitor isn't plugged in, so detect displays makes no changes
i have clicked the Detect Displays button when the monitor was plugged in anyway, and it made no difference, presumably detecting my monitor as able to do the 2000 pixel wide display that it can't in fact do.

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: Very weird. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #6 Thu Aug 23, 2007 at 08:17:46 AM EST

I wonder if the P&P for your home monitor is messed up - I've honestly never had that happen to me.

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