[ltp] Re: T30:Projector resolution hassles

dirk husemann linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:49:03 +0200


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On Friday 23 April 2004 16.20, Atul Chitnis wrote to=20
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org:
> I have a Thinkpad T30, with a Radeon Mobility 7500 display system, feeding
> a 1400x1050 LCD display. The machine runs Fedora Core 1, using
> XFree86-4.3.0-55 and KDE 3.2.1. I am not using Xinerama.

same setup here.
>
> My problem is when I am using this thing with a projector (which I do
> often). Most projectors I run into can only handle 1024x768 or less, which
> sin't too much of an issue - using KDE's REsize and Rotate tool (i.e.
> xrandr), I can easily size my display to whatever the projector can
> handle.

what i did was to use the external VGA port as a second screen...look in th=
e=20
mailing list archives a while back for the XF86 configuration and=20
scripts...works nicely

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