Am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2008 15:34 schrieb Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso: > On 15/06/2008, Bernd Kloss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you leave this monitor - beamer (I suppose, your external monitor > > was a beamer for lectures) the way described above? > > I didn't use a video projector for that particular test I mentioned in > my review, just an external monitor. The resolution for my screen did > adjust a little, so that I couldn't see all of the screen in my > laptop, but I could see all of it in the monitor. > > Later I tried to do the same trick with Debian, after I wiped Ubuntu. > The results were similar, except that the CRT/LCD key no longer > worked, and if I wanted the projector to see my laptop, I had to > restart X. If I started X with the projector connected, the resolution > adapts to the projector, not the monitor. > > By the way, I think "beamer" is a German term. I have never heard it > used by English speakers. Wikipedia calls it a pseudo-anglicism. The > only reason I know what "beamer" means is because I was curious why > the LaTeX beamer package was called like that. :-) I did not know that. Probably the same with mobile/cellular phone or what ever and our "handy".
> > > This now is working fine, I get a clone of the LFP over beamer. But > > I have problems playing video-DVDs and other formats like flv-files > > downloaded from youtube (for instance Dr. Quantum). The beamer shows the > > icon bar of kaffeine, but not the movie whereas on LFP I can see it. > > > > Did you have the same problems and if so, how did you solve them? > > No, I had no such problems. I could play video fine on the projector. > The only annoyances were resolution not matching properly between > laptop screen and projector. I am sorry I cannot help you more. > > - Jordi G. H. Thank you Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]