On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:11:51 +0000 Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 03:54:10 -0500 > German <gentger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > First of all good news. I recently bought not expensive LCD > > projector. So I hooked it up to my computer's HDMI output, plugged > > the other end of HDMI cable to projector and voila, all of the > > context of my monitor was mirrored on the wall. All programs, > > icons, etc.. I opened up movie player and turned on cartoon and > > enjoyed it on the screen. This set up running Debian 8.0. > > > > > > Then I tried it to connect to Mac Book Air ( OS X) with the help of > > mini display port to HDMI cable. For a while I got computer's > > wallpaper on the wall ( but not the icons and other stuff which is > > on Mac's display) and connection was lost ( projector displayed "no > > input" icon. If this is not faulty mini display to HDMI cord, what > > might me a problem? > > > > > > The third time, Windows machine was connected to projector. By > > HDMI-HDMI cable. Again, only wallpaper of computer was projected on > > the wall. No browser and any other programs and icons which are > > present on the screen of Windows machine. > > > > > > Can anyone clue me in what happens? Does other OS's need to be > > specifically adjust setting? What are the setting there might be? > > Anyway, please share your thoughts. Thank you > > > > Windows needs to know what you want to do with the second monitor: do > you want it to be an extension of the first, giving you more desktop, > or do you want it to be a copy, e.g. to run a projector while you > still work from the laptop screen. It also wants to know whether you > want a taskbar on one monitor or both, and which is the primary > screen. > > So what you're seeing on Windows is the default setting: you should > find that if you move the mouse pointer off the edge of the main > screen, it appears on the projector screen, though you'll have to > experiment to find which edge to move from. > > You need to right-click on an empty area of the desktop and I'm not > sure where you go from there, but explore the menu until you find the > multiple monitors setup. > > I'd guess that Macs would have similar features, that's probably where > MS copied theirs from, and almost certainly where the Linux randr > multiple monitor setup came from as well. >
Thank you, i'll try to figure this out