[Ilugc] gnome and projectors.

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Monday 22 Mar 2010 5:35:27 pm steve wrote:
> On 03/22/2010 04:25 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> > On Monday 22 Mar 2010 4:18:09 pm Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> >>  I have an acer aspire 4720z. This has fn+f6 hot key that displays
> >> either only  projector, both laptop and projector and only laptop. This
> >> works perfectly in kde. In gnome on the other hand, Everything appears
> >> on the projector screen, but on the laptop only the top bar and bottom
> >> bar are available. The rest of the screen is blank. The hot key has no
> >> effect. Any clues?
> >
> > forgot to add that this is fedora 11.
> 
> Well, what you are seeing is a 'spanned' desktop (ie: both laptop and
>  projector are part of *one* single spanned desktop). To choose the
>  behavior you described, ie: the display on either one screen or a mirrored
>  display, you can try "System->Preferences->Display".
> 
> Note, one annoying little glitch is sometime both monitors are detected but
>  one shows up 'on-top' of the other, so until you 'drag' the one on top you
>  would not see the other.
> 
> For spanning desktop drag any of the monitors to the position you prefer
>  (ie: left or right of laptop display). For display a single 'non-spanned'
>  desktop on both screens, select Mirror screens. And for using only a
>  single screen, choose the one you do not want to use and select 'off'.
> 
> Let us know if it works. If it does you can select the "Show displays in
>  panel" checkbox to quickly launch the interface.
> 
> BTW: using spanned desktops is /much/ more convenient than mirrored or
> individual screens once you get used to it.

 I tried everything - can get a screen on the external display, or a screen on 
the laptop. But not the same screen on both. Mirror command gives a kernel bug 
message and doesnt work.


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