On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 02:39 -0700, Alex Lancaster wrote:
>>>>> "DT" == David Timms writes:
[...]
DT> She tries the Fn F4 {panel|panel+vga|vga} key combo. The panel
DT> screen flickers black for a micro second, but the image is not
DT> sent out the vga port. She tries the system-config-display, but
DT> isn't willing to restart X to activate the changes as suggested by
DT> the applet (because she would waste so much time to get her
DT> materials reopened).
DT> Since she has been watching DVD's on her SVideo TV at home she
DT> plugs the SVideo into the large screen TV, and again can't get an
DT> image to be displayed. Composite is no go as well. At this moment
DT> the sweat drips from her brow and the heart starts pounding as the
DT> first meeting guests arrive...
Heh, I actually went through an almost identical scenario you just
painted today. I've found that with F-8, the only way to make sure
that the output VGA is sent with the correct resolution, is to reboot
the computer with the projector/external monitor plugged. In
addition, this also presupposes that I've manually tweaked my
xorg.conf to specifically ask for this setup beforehead. My laptop is
1280x800 but most video projectors only accept 1024x768 VGA input.
I've done this too. With my laptop and my wifes. It's nice to think it
might be getting fixed.
My laptop has a 1900x1200 display, so I'm also hoping that using an
external monitor might be handled a little gracefully too (resolutions
set to something meaningful)
I've often wondered is the new composite rendering stuff couldn't be
used to send the display to external projectors and screens in a
meaningful way.
R.
--
"It's a fine line between denial and faith.
It's much better on my side"