Hi On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:55:32AM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28 2007, at 10:59 -0500, P Kapat wrote: > > Hi Elimar, > > > > On 11/27/07, Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > > > P Kapat told: > > > > > > [...] > > > > Similarly, I have tried different configurations for xorg.conf (from > > > > other distros and general googling) to mirror the LCD screen to a > > > > projector in clone mode - no results, hence I am here. > > > > > > I was adviced to have a look at > > > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 > > > > Thanks for the link, it is indeed very helpful. Wish I had seen this > > link before going through all the trouble... I have bookmarked it now > > :) > > Or simply searching the archives of the xorg-driver-ati mailing list, > with a Google search like: > site:lists.x.org/archives/xorg-driver-ati/ <your search pattern> > > And just in case someone could use it: > > I didn't find the following via Google, but in the ati driver sources: > It seems it's impossible to have the complete content of the LCD > screen mirrored on an external monitor, as long as the LCD is switched > on. > > So I do something like this to get the complete LCD content mirrored > to an old VGA: > > xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 1280x1024 --rate 60.0 > xrandr --output LVDS --off > > After executing the first line, the LCD content is cloned partially to > the VGA, i.e. about 10% of the LCD content is missing on the VGA > screen. This is fixed as soon as I switch off the LCD with the 2nd > line.
AFAIK it's not necessary to switch off the LVDS. You just have to change it to the same resolution as the DVI-0 output. X automatically uses the smallest possible resolution which fits all displays. Gaudenz -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
