[ltp] External video on T61

[Rainer Rehak]

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I ususally just type "xrandr --auto" after connecting the=20
beamer/monitor/whatever and there we go, but i have an Intel card=20
(x60). Its worth a try, i suppose.

Greetings
Rainer

John Jason Jordan schrieb:
> On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:55:27 -0700
> John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net> dijo:
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>> On Mon, 19 May 2008 17:21:08 -0500
>> Pablo Vera <pvera@vercan.com> dijo:
>>
>>> As suggested on the mail by Christoph, you should use nvidia-settings=
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>>>
>>> Open a console and type: sudo nvidia-settings, provide your password =
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>>> select "X Server Display Configuration" on the left panel.  From ther=
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>>> you will see that the driver detected both the internal LCD panel and=
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>>> the external projector, but the projector is disabled.  Click on the =

>>> projector, enable it and set it up as you see fit.  Finally press: "S=
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>>> to X Configuration File" and you are done.  Log off and re-login and =
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>>> should work.
>> Thanks guys,
>>
>> I managed to get it to work using nvidia-settings, except the projecto=
r
>> is displaying on the screen only about 1/4 of my screen. My screen is
>> 1680 x 1050. In "X Server Display Configuration" the projecter options=

>> are Auto, 320 x 240 and 640 x 480. I need to be able to set it higher
>> in order to capture all the screen of my laptop, but the choice is not=

>> there.
>>
>> Making progress, though. Further suggestions needed.
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> Further difficulties.=20
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> There are too many options that I don't understand on the
> nvidia-settings configuration dialog box for X Server Display
> Configuration. What is "clone"? What is "twinview"? What is "separate X=

> server"?
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> I tried several options, some of which required restarting X. I did so
> with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Half the time when I logged back in the screen=

> came up without my Gnome panel settings. Very strange. I don't
> understand how I am going to cram my 1680 x 1050 display onto a
> projector that will only do 640 x 480.
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> I ended up disabling the external projector for now. I have my Gnome
> panel settings back. Until I figure this out better I am going to leave=

> it alone. I don't understand Linux that well and I can't afford to
> screw the computer up with a project due in two weeks.
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> If someone can suggest a tutorial on using external video with a T61
> with Linux, maybe I can give it another shot later.

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