> > I've connected my laptop to a lot of HDTV's and whenever I switch > > the output to display on both screens, black bars appear on the > > left and right of my laptop screen so it displays at 4:3, and the > > HDTV output is 16:9 but looks horizontally stretched. Does > > anyone know how to keep the output at 16:9 on both screens? > > > > - Grant > > You don't give a lot of information here. Are you using mirrored > screen or an extended desktop? Also what is the desktop environment or > window manager you use? > > On thing that might help is to provide the output of xrandr.
I'm using xfce4, but I'm not sure if I'm using a mirrored screen or an extended desktop. All I do is plug the laptop into the HDTV with an HDMI cable and hit the keyboard shortcut to switch screens which brings up a little dialog. I was able to change the resolution from 1024x768 to 1366x768 with xfce4's Display settings, but when I disconnect and reconnect to the HDTV it displays at 1024x768 again. Do you know how to select the output resolution for an external screen permanently? Is this done in xorg.conf? - Grant
