On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 07:45:28PM +0200, François TOURDE wrote: > Le 12550ième jour après Epoch, > David Fokkema écrivait: > > > On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 05:45:14PM +0200, François TOURDE wrote: > >> Le 12550ième jour après Epoch, > >> David Fokkema écrivait: > >> > >> > Hi group, > >> > > >> >>From time to time, I use a beamer on my external VGA port of my laptop. > >> > My laptop TFT panel has a resolution of 1400x1050 pixels but the beamer > >> > has a resolution of only 800x600. However, it can support 1024x768 using > >> > software scaling. Right now I have to edit my XF86Config-4 by hand and > >> > then restart my X server. The problem is that X does recognize the > >> > beamer on the external port and does switch back to a lower resolution, > >> > but the viewport stays at 1400x1050, not very handy. Does anybody know > >> > of an easy solution? > >> > >> Don't tell us what laptop, what video card, etc. > >> > >> Let us guess. It will be easier. > > > > Please be cynical. It will make me more eager to let you guess. > > > > Seriously, though, this is not hardware related. It is not really a > > problem either. Right now, I edit my XF86Config-4 to switch resolutions. > > I know of ctrl-+, but that won't change my viewport, which really is the > > problem. > > Ok, if you're sure you can't resolve the problem with hardware > specific options, no problem. > > Just some infos: > > On my laptop, using GeForce4 hardware, i've tried numbers of > solutions, mixing hard (driver) and soft ones, and hards one were the > bests. > > Some guidelines: > > - Multiple X servers: one for the TFT, and the other for VGA out. > > - Check if Twinview is available for you, respecting multi resolution > modes (It works for me, but I choose next option) > > - Try to configure multiple screens on your card (not twinview mode).
I hadn't thought of that! Now I see why you wanted to know the hardware etc. Maybe I was a bit naive, :-) Just for the record: ASUS L5800C, Radeon Mobility 9000, [EMAIL PROTECTED], updated bios (so no black screen stuff anymore, ;-) But if I'm able to set up multiple screens or something like that, how do I go about running, for example, xpdf -fullscreen presentation.pdf? Thanks so far, David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
