[gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[Felipe Ribeiro]

Hi,

I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop running gentoo.

I use my display on 1280x800 and i want to use a projector to give a
speech and show slides and live coding. What do i have to configure?
My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?

Best regards,

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Re: [gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[Uwe Thiem]

On 11 December 2006 06:05, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop running gentoo.
>
> I use my display on 1280x800 and i want to use a projector to give a
> speech and show slides and live coding. What do i have to configure?
> My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?

Your resolution. Few projectors go beyond 1024x768. Some (older) ones won't go 
higher than 800x600. 

You might need to change a BIOS setting. Some laptops put out both video 
signals simultaneously (built-in screen and external VGA). With some of them, 
you have to tell your BIOS which one to use.

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[pat]

Hi,

I've asked similar question some time ago and the answer (for me) is xrandr.

     Pat

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:05:24 -0300, Felipe Ribeiro wrote
> Hi,
> 
> I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop running gentoo.
> 
> I use my display on 1280x800 and i want to use a projector to give a
> speech and show slides and live coding. What do i have to configure?
> My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
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> Felipe Ribeiro
> felipernb@gmail.com
> 83 9979-3161

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Re: [gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[Mick]

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On Monday 11 December 2006 10:10, pat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've asked similar question some time ago and the answer (for me) is
> xrandr.

On the other hand if you want to *always* run a second screen (projector, 
monitor, etc) with a different resolution you need to set it in our xorg.conf 
by defining another screen in the appropriate sections.  Have a look at the 
man pages and wiki:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Dell_Latitude_X1_Appendices

and if that doesn't help I remember reading an xorg.conf in google - but I am  
not sure of the link.
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[gentoo-user] Re: Projector on my laptop

[James]

Felipe Ribeiro <felipernb@...> writes:


> I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop running gentoo.

> I use my display on 1280x800 and i want to use a projector to give a
> speech and show slides and live coding. What do i have to configure?
> My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?


IN /etc/X11/xorg.conf   look that the file. Near the bottom,
you'll find a  screen section:

<snip>
Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Screen0"
        Device  "Card0"
        Monitor "Monitor0"
        DefaultColorDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth   1
                Modes  "1440x900" "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth   4
                Modes "1440x900" "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
<end/snip>

You may have to revisit some of your drivers in your kernel, depending
on how your kernel is configured, but may not also.....

I'd save an old copy of anything you modify, so as to make
recovery from mistakes, easy....



James



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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Projector on my laptop

[Felipe Ribeiro]

I tried with an ordinary CRT monitor, and it didn't work. Do i need to
have anything installed? Is xinerama necessary?

Thanks

On 12/11/06, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Felipe Ribeiro <felipernb@...> writes:
>
>
> > I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop running gentoo.
>
> > I use my display on 1280x800 and i want to use a projector to give a
> > speech and show slides and live coding. What do i have to configure?
> > My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?
>
>
> IN /etc/X11/xorg.conf   look that the file. Near the bottom,
> you'll find a  screen section:
>
> <snip>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Screen0"
>         Device  "Card0"
>         Monitor "Monitor0"
>         DefaultColorDepth 24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth   1
>                 Modes  "1440x900" "1024x768"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth   4
>                 Modes "1440x900" "1024x768"
>         EndSubSection
> <end/snip>
>
> You may have to revisit some of your drivers in your kernel, depending
> on how your kernel is configured, but may not also.....
>
> I'd save an old copy of anything you modify, so as to make
> recovery from mistakes, easy....
>
>
>
> James
>
>
>
> --
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>
>


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Projector on my laptop

[Mick]

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On Monday 11 December 2006 17:23, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> I tried with an ordinary CRT monitor, and it didn't work. Do i need to
> have anything installed? Is xinerama necessary?

It won't work because the Screen section below specifies only one screen 
Screen 0.  You need to also setup Screen 1 with the required resolution, 
otherwise the resolution of your monitor would be replicated at the second 
screen output.  The bind together the setup for the second screen in 
the "ServerLayout" section.  I really think you should read man xorg.conf.

PS.  Can you please stop top-posting.

> Thanks
>
> On 12/11/06, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > Felipe Ribeiro <felipernb@...> writes:
> > > I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop running gentoo.
> > >
> > > I use my display on 1280x800 and i want to use a projector to give a
> > > speech and show slides and live coding. What do i have to configure?
> > > My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?
> >
> > IN /etc/X11/xorg.conf   look that the file. Near the bottom,
> > you'll find a  screen section:
> >
> > <snip>
> > Section "Screen"
> >         Identifier      "Screen0"
> >         Device  "Card0"
> >         Monitor "Monitor0"
> >         DefaultColorDepth 24
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth   1
> >                 Modes  "1440x900" "1024x768"
> >         EndSubSection
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth   4
> >                 Modes "1440x900" "1024x768"
> >         EndSubSection
> > <end/snip>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[Octavio Ruiz (Ta^3)]

> I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop running gentoo.

You did not mention you video card, so I hope this example for VGA and SVIDEO output (multihead and standalone)
on i915/i810 chipsets helps.

> My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?

Relevant parts:

Section "ServerFlags"
# Option                     "DefaultServerLayout"         "Multihead_Layout"
# Option                     "DefaultServerLayout"         "Projector_Layout"
# Option                     "DefaultServerLayout"         "TV_Layout"
  Option                     "DefaultServerLayout"         "Default_Layout"
  Option                     "AllowMouseOpenFail"          "True"
  Option                     "blanktime"                   "15"
  Option                     "standbytime"                 "15"
  Option                     "suspendtime"                 "30"
  Option                     "offtime"                     "60"
  
EndSection
  
Section "ServerLayout"

  Identifier                 "Default_Layout"
  Screen 0                   "Screen_Default"         0 0
  InputDevice                "Dell_Keyboard"          "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice                "Dell_Touchpad"          "CorePointer"
  InputDevice                "Mouse_USB"              "SendCoreEvents"
  
EndSection
  
  
Section "ServerLayout"
  
  Identifier                 "Multihead_Layout"
  Screen 0                   "Screen_LCD"             LeftOf "Screen_VGA_Monitor"
#  Screen 0                   "Screen_LCD"             Below "Screen_VGA_Monitor"
  Screen 1                   "Screen_VGA_Monitor"
  InputDevice                "Dell_Keyboard"          "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice                "Dell_Touchpad"          "CorePointer"
  InputDevice                "Mouse_USB"              "SendCoreEvents"
  Option                     "Xinerama"               "On"
  
EndSection
  
  
Section "ServerLayout"
  
  Identifier                 "Projector_Layout"
  Screen 0                   "Screen_LCD"             LeftOf "Screen_VGA_Projector"
  Screen 1                   "Screen_VGA_Projector"
  InputDevice                "Dell_Keyboard"          "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice                "Dell_Touchpad"          "CorePointer"
  InputDevice                "Mouse_USB"              "SendCoreEvents"
  Option                     "Xinerama"               "On"

EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"

  Identifier                 "TV_Layout"
  Screen 0                   "Screen_TV_LCD"          LeftOf "Screen_TV_SVIDEO"
  Screen 1                   "Screen_TV_SVIDEO"
  InputDevice                "Dell_Keyboard"          "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice                "Dell_Touchpad"          "CorePointer"
  InputDevice                "Mouse_USB"              "SendCoreEvents"
  Option                     "Xinerama"               "On"

EndSection


Section "Device"

  Identifier                 "Intel_915"
  Driver                     "i810"
  VendorName                 "Intel"
  VideoRam                   131072
  BoardName                  "915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics"
  BusID                      "PCI:0:2:0"
  Option                     "VBERestore"                  "true"
  #Option                     "MonitorLayout"               "CRT,LFP"
  #Option                     "MonitorLayout"               "TV,LFP"
  Option                     "Clone"                        "off"

EndSection

Section "Device"

  Identifier                 "Intel_915_S0"
  Driver                     "i810"
  VendorName                 "Intel"
  VideoRam                   131072
  BoardName                  "915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics"
  BusID                      "PCI:0:2:0"
  Option                     "VBERestore"                  "false"
  Screen                     0 
  Option                     "MonitorLayout"               "CRT,LFP"

EndSection


Section "Device"

  Identifier                 "Intel_915_S1"
  Driver                     "i810"
  VendorName                 "Intel"
  VideoRam                   131072
  BoardName                  "915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics"
  BusID                      "PCI:0:2:0"
  Option                     "VBERestore"                  "false"
  Screen                     1
  Option                     "MonitorLayout"               "CRT,LFP"

EndSection

Section "Device"

  Identifier                 "Intel_915_TV_S0"
  Driver                     "i810"
  VendorName                 "Intel"
  VideoRam                   131072
  BoardName                  "915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics"
  BusID                      "PCI:0:2:0"
  Option                     "VBERestore"                  "false"
  Screen                     0 
  Option                     "MonitorLayout"               "TV,LFP"

EndSection


Section "Device"

  Identifier                 "Intel_915_TV_S1"
  Driver                     "i810"
  VendorName                 "Intel"
  VideoRam                   131072
  BoardName                  "915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics"
  BusID                      "PCI:0:2:0"
  Option                     "VBERestore"                  "false"
  Screen                     1
  Option                     "MonitorLayout"               "TV,LFP"

EndSection


Section "Monitor"

  Identifier                 "Dell_LCD"
  Option                     "CalcAlgorithm"               "CheckDesktopGeometry"
  Option                     "DPMS"                        "true"
  VendorName                 "Dell"
  ModelName                  "630m"
  HorizSync                  30 - 112
  VertRefresh                50 - 180
# DisplaySize        453 253   # 72x80
  DisplaySize        453 283   # 72x72

EndSection


Section "Monitor"

  Identifier                 "Monitor_CRT"
  Option                     "DPMS"                        "true"
  HorizSync                  30 - 97
  VertRefresh                50 - 180

EndSection


Section "Monitor"

  Identifier                 "Projector_VGA"
  Option                     "DPMS"                        "true"
  HorizSync                  30 - 97
  VertRefresh                50 - 180

EndSection


Section "Monitor"

  Identifier                 "Dell_SVIDEO"
  Option                     "DPMS"                        "true"
  HorizSync                  30 - 97
  VertRefresh                50 - 180

EndSection

Section "Screen"

  Identifier                 "Screen_Default"
  Device                     "Intel_915"
  Monitor                    "Dell_LCD"
  DefaultDepth               24

    SubSection "Display"
      Viewport  0 0
      Depth     16
      Modes     "1280x800"
    EndSubSection

    SubSection "Display"
      Viewport  0 0
      Depth     24
      Modes     "1280x800"
    EndSubSection

EndSection


Section "Screen"

  Identifier                 "Screen_LCD"
  Device                     "Intel_915_S0"
  Monitor                    "Dell_LCD"
  DefaultDepth               24 

    SubSection "Display"
      Viewport  0 0
      Depth     24
      Modes     "1280x800"
    EndSubSection

EndSection


Section "Screen"

  Identifier                 "Screen_VGA_Projector"
  Device                     "Intel_915_S1"
  Monitor                    "Projector_VGA"
  DefaultDepth               24 

    SubSection "Display"
      Viewport  0 0
      Depth     24
      Modes     "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection

EndSection


Section "Screen"

  Identifier                 "Screen_VGA_Monitor"
  Device                     "Intel_915_S1"
  Monitor                    "Monitor_CRT"
  DefaultDepth               24 

    SubSection "Display"
      Viewport  0 0
      Depth     24
      Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection

EndSection


Section "Screen"

  Identifier                 "Screen_TV_LCD"
  Device                     "Intel_915_TV_S0"
  Monitor                    "Dell_LCD"
  DefaultDepth               24 

    SubSection "Display"
      Viewport  0 0
      Depth     24
      Modes     "1280X800"
    EndSubSection

EndSection


Section "Screen"

  Identifier                 "Screen_TV_SVIDEO"
  Device                     "Intel_915_TV_S1"
  Monitor                    "Dell_SVIDEO"
  DefaultDepth               24 

    SubSection "Display"
      Viewport  0 0
      Depth     24
      Modes     "1024x768"
    EndSubSection

EndSection


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Re: [gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[Randy Barlow]

On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 10:13 -0600, Octavio Ruiz (Ta^3) wrote:
> You did not mention you video card, so I hope this example for VGA and SVIDEO output (multihead and standalone)
> on i915/i810 chipsets helps.

This makes me curious - is it possible to switch between using and not
using TV out or external monitor without restarting X and
switching .conf files?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[Dan]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:55:43 -0500
Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com> wrote:

> This makes me curious - is it possible to switch between using and not
> using TV out or external monitor without restarting X and
> switching .conf files?

usually on a laptop pushing Fn+Fx button will change between LCD,
External Display, And Clone (both have same image).  

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Re: [gentoo-user] Projector on my laptop

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 23:52, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> It doesn´t have a s-video output, just the ordinary monitor plug.


What's your question?

alan

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