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title: Powerbook external monitor resoltuion reset
date: 2005-02-07 09:54:00.00 -8
tags: posts 
categories: general
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[How to reset the windowserver preferences in OSX so that your external monitor that claims it is being overdriven and turns itself off](http://paco.to/blog/000049.html). It worked.

It is very bizarre to log into a mac using the GUI and be dumped into a vt100 console. The console seemed to work fine but meta-keys and commands in vim went apeshit. Ben helpfully suggested tweaking my TERM settings from xterm-color to vt100 which solved the vim problem. Back to dual head goodness :)