On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 02:07:30PM +0000, Gordon Hay wrote:
Laptop attached to docking station, and through that to an external display.
You might like to experiment with the xrandr command. It can dynamically change resolutions, add and remove extra monitors, etc. A few starting points:
man xrandr http://www.google.com.au/search?q=xrandr
Regards, Msquared...