Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread Stephen Morris
On 23/3/18 11:19 pm, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello, I noted a small issue when using dual screening (primary and secondary displays). If you have windows open in different workspaces, they all move in workspace 1 after a screen lock. Is it a configuration issue or something else? This may be a n

Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/24/18 07:26, fred roller wrote: > Is there a possibility the system is going suspend/hibernate after screen > lock?  > Thus, the disconnect? > > I know, or I think I know, that you're asking the question of me since it appears after my response in the thread.  But, if someone isn't using o

Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread fred roller
Is there a possibility the system is going suspend/hibernate after screen lock? Thus, the disconnect? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/23/18 20:19, Patrick Dupre wrote: > I noted a small issue when using dual screening (primary and secondary > displays). > If you have windows open in different workspaces, they all move in > workspace 1 after a screen lock. > Is it a configuration issue or something else? This does not hap

Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread Rick Stevens
On 03/23/2018 02:44 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 01:19:40PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I noted a small issue when using dual screening (primary and secondary >> displays). >> If you have windows open in different workspaces, they all move in >> workspace 1 afte

Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 01:19:40PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > I noted a small issue when using dual screening (primary and secondary > displays). > If you have windows open in different workspaces, they all move in > workspace 1 after a screen lock. > Is it a configuration issue or

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 03/23/2018 10:24 AM, fred roller wrote: First I have heard of it tbh.  However, similar results when I have lost power to a second screen.  Sounds like screen lock is losing connection with the second screen. hih, Fred On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Patrick Dupre >

Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread fred roller
First I have heard of it tbh. However, similar results when I have lost power to a second screen. Sounds like screen lock is losing connection with the second screen. hih, Fred On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > I noted a small issue when using dual screening (

Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, I noted a small issue when using dual screening (primary and secondary displays). If you have windows open in different workspaces, they all move in workspace 1 after a screen lock. Is it a configuration issue or something else?

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-21 Thread Patrick Dupre
> > On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:39:58 +0100 > "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > Thank to every who tired to help my in installing this monitor. > > I guess that I am going to try to return it to the seller. > > As an addendum, Patrick - and please forgive me if you already know > this - I recommend the s

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-21 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:39:58 +0100 "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > Thank to every who tired to help my in installing this monitor. > I guess that I am going to try to return it to the seller. As an addendum, Patrick - and please forgive me if you already know this - I recommend the specs for your comp

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-20 Thread chicago
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Re: Dual screen

2018-02-20 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 20 February 2018, Ed Greshko sent: > in my short lived experiment (my wife wanted the TV back) I found > that while my laptop and TV were both 1920x1080 the fonts on the > laptop were crisp and clear no matter how close I put my nose to the > screen. Not so the TV. Even whe

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-20 Thread Patrick Dupre
> Subject: Re: Dual screen > > On 02/20/18 09:25, Ed Greshko wrote: > > If I can only find the mini-HDMI cable that would connect > > to my laptop.  I have never used a TV as a monitor so I don't know how well > > suited > > they are for this purpose. >

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-20 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/20/18 16:26, Tim wrote: > I think the DPI issue is a bit of a red herring, in this instance. If > you take three different 1920 by 1080 sets, each with a different > screensize, they'll each have a different DPI. But they can each show > the display as good as each other, though you'd use t

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-20 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 20 February 2018, Ed Greshko sent: > I think you have HW which is never going to be satisfactory as a > monitor. Probably others with better understanding of display > technology have their opinion. You'd expect one 1920 by 1080 screen to show something just as well as anot

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/20/18 09:25, Ed Greshko wrote: > If I can only find the mini-HDMI cable that would connect > to my laptop.  I have never used a TV as a monitor so I don't know how well > suited > they are for this purpose. I found my HDMI cable.  The TV is a 48 inch model.  It just so happens that its pr

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/20/18 09:25, Ed Greshko wrote: > would not concentrate would NOW concentrate -- A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/20/18 04:14, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Now I am running 1368x768 > I do not think that it is what I wanted. As I've said before, that is the resolution your monitor is designed to provide the best performance. I would not concentrate on picking the best looking fonts.  I have a Samsung TV t

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:25:19 +0100 "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > Hello, > > The Hardware of the PC does not let me access to any monitor configuration. > It seems that every thing is automatic (It is a recent Asus Motherboard). > > The new monitor says that it is running with a resolution 1920x108

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Patrick Dupre
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:14:22 +0100 > "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > > > > > Two things you need to know. Read careful: > > > > > > -- 0: > > > You probably have a file like > > > > > > ~/.config/monitors.xml > > > > > > in your home dir - or wherever. Find it. Read it: It might be that this

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:14:22 +0100 "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > > Two things you need to know. Read careful: > > > > -- 0: > > You probably have a file like > > > > ~/.config/monitors.xml > > > > in your home dir - or wherever. Find it. Read it: It might be that this > > file keeps setting

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Patrick Dupre
I a a bit confused. > > On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:23:27 +0100 > "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3520 x 1200, maximum 8192 x 8192 > > HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > > axis) 609mm x 347mm > >1366x768 59.79 + > >

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:23:27 +0100 "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3520 x 1200, maximum 8192 x 8192 > HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > 609mm x 347mm >1366x768 59.79 + >1920x1080 60.00* 50.0059.94

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/19/18 17:05, Patrick Dupre wrote: >> I suspect that the high-res computer screen copies somehow its >> own resolution to the lower res TV. That's why I asked in another >> message for the xrandr output for all three monitors, including the one >> for the built-in computer monitor. I didn't

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Patrick Dupre
> "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:43:35 +0100 > > > "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Dual screen > > > > > > > > > > Allegedly, on or a

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-19 Thread Patrick Dupre
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:43:12 +0800 > Ed Greshko wrote: > > > On 02/19/18 08:21, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > >> Is your poorly performing monitor is connected to HDMI? > > > Yes > > >>> xrandr > > >>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3520 x 1200, maximum 8192 x > > >>> 8192 HDMI-1 connecte

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:43:12 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 02/19/18 08:21, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >> Is your poorly performing monitor is connected to HDMI? > > Yes > >>> xrandr > >>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3520 x 1200, maximum 8192 x > >>> 8192 HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+1600+0

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:49:44 +0100 "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > > On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:43:35 +0100 > > "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > > > > Subject: Re: Dual screen > > > > > > > > Allegedly, on or about 17 Febru

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/19/18 08:21, Patrick Dupre wrote: >> Is your poorly performing monitor is connected to HDMI? > Yes >>> xrandr >>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3520 x 1200, maximum 8192 x 8192 >>> HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y >>> axis) 609mm x 347mm >>>13

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Patrick Dupre
> > Is your poorly performing monitor is connected to HDMI? Yes > > > xrandr > > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3520 x 1200, maximum 8192 x 8192 > > HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > > axis) 609mm x 347mm > >1366x768 59.79 + > >1920x1080

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/19/18 07:49, Patrick Dupre wrote: Is your poorly performing monitor is connected to HDMI? > xrandr > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3520 x 1200, maximum 8192 x 8192 > HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > 609mm x 347mm >1366x768 59.7

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Patrick Dupre
> > On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:43:35 +0100 > "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > > Subject: Re: Dual screen > > > > > > Allegedly, on or about 17 February 2018, stan sent: > > > > Using monitors with different resolutions and dot pitches

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 23:11:54 +0100 Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > For the monitor that doesn't give you the nice results you want, try > to let software do the job. So get a tool like both cvs and ^^ wrong: should say:

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:43:35 +0100 "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > Subject: Re: Dual screen > > > > Allegedly, on or about 17 February 2018, stan sent: > > > Using monitors with different resolutions and dot pitches > > > at the same time must pla

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Patrick Dupre
> Subject: Re: Dual screen > > Allegedly, on or about 17 February 2018, stan sent: > > Using monitors with different resolutions and dot pitches > > at the same time must play havoc with font selection. > > Modern monitors (LCDs, etc), only work at one resolution, t

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-18 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 18 February 2018, Ahmad Samir sent: > I have a samsung monitor and using the buttons on the monitor itself, > and there's a "Sharpness" setting. That's an edge/detail enhancement feature, that over-emphasises the sharper edges of picture content, some monitors allow you to d

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 18 February 2018 at 02:07, fred roller wrote: [...] > Normally, any PC to Monitor adjustments will be in the Display settings or > some such. Someone more knowledgeable could even tell you some of the > advance stuff in config files, monitor profile, and such. The monitor > itself should have

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread Tim
on one device should look the same as 12 point text on the other, points are an *absolute* size (in the same way as a 2 cm box should appear as 2 cm box, no matter what the display). Display cloning/mirroring, is a problem, because you're trying to generate the same data on two different medium

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread stan
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:18:59 -0800 Joe Zeff wrote: > Do you happen to remember the program's name? If so, it would be a > great help to anybody who needs it. In thinking about this a little more, I wonder if fred doesn't have the right of it. Using monitors with different resolutions and dot

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread stan
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:18:59 -0800 Joe Zeff wrote: > Do you happen to remember the program's name? If so, it would be a > great help to anybody who needs it. It's a package, not a program, and it turns out to be freetype. They switched default font rendering, and turned off hinting. Here is

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/17/2018 04:06 PM, stan wrote: There was a conversation here about 6 months ago about the introduction of a different level of font hinting and a different font optimizer that many people found problematic. That is probably where your problem, and your solution, lies. Do you happen to rem

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread fred roller
| The Hardware of the PC does not let me access to any monitor configuration. | It seems that every thing is automatic (It is a recent Asus Motherboard). Normally, any PC to Monitor adjustments will be in the Display settings or some such. Someone more knowledgeable could even tell you some of th

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread stan
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:25:19 +0100 "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > The Hardware of the PC does not let me access to any monitor > configuration. It seems that every thing is automatic (It is a recent > Asus Motherboard). This doesn't seem right. Have you checked on their website? > The new monitor sa

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread Patrick Dupre
, February 17, 2018 at 5:37 PM From: "fred roller" To: "Community support for Fedora users" Subject: Re: Dual screen ... also, look to the Accessibility settings of the OS.  Tell it you are hard of sight, this will help with global settings across the OS and should make m

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread fred roller
... also, look to the Accessibility settings of the OS. Tell it you are hard of sight, this will help with global settings across the OS and should make most of the adjustments you are looking for in the rest of your software. ___ users mailing list -- u

Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread fred roller
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Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread Patrick Dupre
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Re: Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread fred roller
I run dual screen on my laptop. If memory serves; 3 things may have an impact. First set your new monitor to 1600 x 1200 and see if it clears up, I seem to remember something about the ratio having an affect on resolution 1.33:1 vs 1.5:1 respectively for your monitors. If this is the case then

Dual screen

2018-02-17 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, I have 2 monitors (Samsung) One is old (11 years) with a resolution 1600 x 1200 (primary) and the other one, I just bought it, resolution 1920 x 1080 (secondary) But they look very different. The old one, display very sharp characters, the new one display very rough characters. This effect

Re: dual screen settings lost after dnf update

2016-06-27 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Monday 27 June 2016 12:52:55 Ed Greshko wrote: > > Have you tried bringing up "System Settings" and going to > Hardware-->Display and Monitor-->Display Config swapping the monitor > positions? > Ed, I had looked in there a lot while trying to fix the priblem but I had been looking for buttons

Re: dual screen settings lost after dnf update

2016-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/27/16 18:52, Gary Stainburn wrote: > On Monday 27 June 2016 10:28:03 Gary Stainburn wrote: >> I have a F23 system (upgraded from F22 a while since) with two screens. >> >> The two screens were configured correctly with the mouse moving off the >> right side of the left screen and appearing

Re: dual screen settings lost after dnf update

2016-06-27 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Monday 27 June 2016 10:28:03 Gary Stainburn wrote: > I have a F23 system (upgraded from F22 a while since) with two screens. > > The two screens were configured correctly with the mouse moving off the > right side of the left screen and appearing on the left side of the right > screen, giving on

dual screen settings lost after dnf update

2016-06-27 Thread Gary Stainburn
I have a F23 system (upgraded from F22 a while since) with two screens. The two screens were configured correctly with the mouse moving off the right side of the left screen and appearing on the left side of the right screen, giving one desktop spread across the two monitors. I've done a 'dnf u

Re: MATE on dual screen, put a panel on secondary screen?

2015-03-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 10:27:36AM -0500, Tom Killian wrote: >> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 19:06:42 -0500 >> From: Fred Smith <[1]fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> >> To: [2]users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Subject: >> Message-ID: <[3]20150307000642.ga25...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> >

Re: MATE on dual screen, put a panel on secondary screen?

2015-03-07 Thread Tom Killian
> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 19:06:42 -0500 > From: Fred Smith > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: > Message-ID: <20150307000642.ga25...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > hi all! > > Experimenting with dual screens on F20 using MATE. Video card is Nvidi

MATE on dual screen, put a panel on secondary screen?

2015-03-06 Thread Fred Smith
hi all! Experimenting with dual screens on F20 using MATE. Video card is Nvidia 9800GT using Nvidia drivers from rpmfusion: kmod-nvidia.x86_64 1:331.113-1.fc20.5 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates So, I've got it configured, using the nvidia X-Server Settings tool and it works nicely sofar.

Re: Dual screen video display problem

2013-06-15 Thread Robin Laing
On 2013-06-03 16:42, Robin Laing wrote: > On 2013-05-26 18:08, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 05/26/2013 04:20 PM, Robin Laing wrote: >>> During today's searches, I realized that I have not done a full look >>> through the boot sequence to see when the screen changes from single to >>> mirrored(cloned) from

Re: Dual screen video display problem

2013-06-03 Thread Robin Laing
On 2013-05-26 18:08, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/26/2013 04:20 PM, Robin Laing wrote: >> During today's searches, I realized that I have not done a full look >> through the boot sequence to see when the screen changes from single to >> mirrored(cloned) from single screen. >> >> I will check dmesg close

Re: Dual screen video display problem

2013-05-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/26/2013 04:20 PM, Robin Laing wrote: During today's searches, I realized that I have not done a full look through the boot sequence to see when the screen changes from single to mirrored(cloned) from single screen. I will check dmesg closer tomorrow at work. Grep is your friend, here, al

Re: Dual screen video display problem

2013-05-26 Thread Robin Laing
but not sure yet. >> >> >> i'M NOT AN EXPERT BUT i WOULD START HERE. >> >> >> Red Hat Bugzilla – Main Page >> >> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/index.cgi> >> > > > I apologize for the caps. Grandson is visiting this weekend

Re: Dual screen video display problem

2013-05-26 Thread David
On 5/26/2013 5:54 PM, Robin Laing wrote: > On 2013-05-25 10:25, ergodic wrote: >> I have a similar problem. In previous Fedoras it was possible to select >> the monitor to be used during booting or display the booting screen in >> both monitors. >> >> It looks that the distro is becoming less fle

Re: Dual screen video display problem

2013-05-26 Thread David
On 5/26/2013 7:06 PM, David wrote: > On 5/26/2013 5:54 PM, Robin Laing wrote: >> On 2013-05-25 10:25, ergodic wrote: >>> I have a similar problem. In previous Fedoras it was possible to select >>> the monitor to be used during booting or display the booting screen in >>> both monitors. >>> >>> It

Re: Dual screen video display problem

2013-05-26 Thread Robin Laing
On 2013-05-25 10:25, ergodic wrote: > I have a similar problem. In previous Fedoras it was possible to select > the monitor to be used during booting or display the booting screen in > both monitors. > > It looks that the distro is becoming less flexible or much harder to > configure. > It is

Re: Dual screen video display problem

2013-05-25 Thread ergodic
I have a similar problem. In previous Fedoras it was possible to select the monitor to be used during booting or display the booting screen in both monitors. It looks that the distro is becoming less flexible or much harder to configure. - Original Message - Hello, I have had a video d

Dual screen video display problem

2013-05-24 Thread Robin Laing
Hello, I have had a video display issue after an update a few months ago. I cannot post from work due to mail filters so I am posting from another account so responses will be slower. Fedora 18, 64bit, clean install using nvidia graphics with Nouveau using KDE. Both monitors are the same make a

F18 - dual screen problem

2013-04-26 Thread Laing, Robin
After an update, my dual display started having problems and I don't know where to look. A clean install of Fedora using KDE spin worked wonderfully with this setup. On one upgrade, the Fedora boot process is mirrored on both displays and stays mirrored after X starts which is configured as si

ATI X1600 dual-screen

2012-02-24 Thread Fernando Cassia
What´s the tried and working setup to get dual-screen working with Fedora and a ATI X1600 gfx card?. I tried using the last Radeon propietary drivers (9.3) that supported old chipsets like X1600, without luck, after running aticonfig with --xinerama=on I now get a blank screen after booting

Re: Background image on dual screen?

2010-03-02 Thread Alan Evans
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > There is a bug[1] for this and there is a fix available, which was > accidentally unpushed last week. It should be going back out into > updates-testing soon. Hurray! Waiting expectantly for the update to come soon... -- users mailing

Re: Background image on dual screen?

2010-03-02 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Alan Evans wrote: > Really?!? Nothing? > > Could someone who does dual screen at least say whether it works for them? Sorry Alan, I don't always read every email. :P There is a bug[1] for this and there is a fix available, which was accidentally unpushed last week. It should be

Re: Background image on dual screen?

2010-03-02 Thread Alan Evans
from the Appearance Preferences dialog. Is there a way to fix > it? Really?!? Nothing? Could someone who does dual screen at least say whether it works for them? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraprojec

Background image on dual screen?

2010-03-01 Thread Alan Evans
I have two monitors an my background image is exactly the size of both combined. I used to be able to display this background image across both screens as if they were a single display. I think I chose "Tiled" to make this happen, but I'm not sure it was always that way. Anyway, after an update a