New Howto: Setup LCD Projector from Notebook with Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty

[Matthew Carpenter]

On Thursday 26 July 2007, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
> Hi all,
> I wrote an howto setup LCD Projector from Notebook with Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty.
> This howto comes from the fact that Ubuntu doesn't have a tool yet to help
> us configure LCD Projector from Notebook (such as sax2 from Suse).
>
> After some googling and digging out the list archives I began the
> experiment. The archives are good, but it doesn't work for my configuration
> because I want a Clone display, not Xinerama mode. Xorg's error message
> takes me to the manual page of i810. After some more experiment with the
> syntax finally I'm able to set it up right, both for Clone and Xinerama.
>
> The full howto can be read at
> http://linux2.arinet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Item
>id=35 The PDF version can also be downloaded from the Download menu >
> Article > Linux Umum > Sort by submit date.
>
> Ok hopefully this helps other.
> Cheers,


Hey Fajar,

This is a nice write-up.
Having had plenty of experience doing this with dual-headed workstations 
(namely my media workstation), I didn't find anything new, but it is very 
good to see.

Two things.  First off, it would be good to note that NVidia, ATI, and Intel 
chips (and even among different chips of the same vendor) can handle 
dual-head's differently, specifically in how they set up the Device sections.  

Secondly, does your laptop require that the projector be plugged in at 
boot-time or when X starts?  Or can you dynamically plug in the projector and 
just start working?  I've had a difficult time with my NVidia chipset to have 
the projector work without restarting X when I plug the projector in.  Even 
the settings NVidia recommends to "force" the chip to recognize the second 
screen, I've been unable to.

Beautiful background as well!

Matt
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