twinview and other related questions

[François Patte]

Rob Brown-Bayliss a écrit :
> On 10/12/06, François Patte <francois.patte at math-info.univ-paris5.fr> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Is there a way to have exactly the same screen displayed, with different
>> resolutions, in order to have the same display on both display screens:
>> beamer and LCD?
> 
> 
> 
> Your best chance is to have the lcd run at the 1024x768 resolution and
> then use the clone screen option so that each screen shows the same
> image.  The next best option is to have part of the second screen not
> showing.
> 
> Sorry mate, but a pixle is a pixle, and if you want to show 1280x800
> you ned a display capable of 1280x800...

Arrgh! this was my conclusion too, but it is very frustating to be able 
to have two different resolutions (with double head configuration) on 
each device and unable to set one device as a "clone" (reformated) of 
the other...

Thnaks.

-- 
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte