Re: Plugging into Projectors
Hello, On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 10:29 -0500, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: >> I am running F11 on a Dell Latitude D820. I am unable to connect to >> projectors except at ridiculously small screen resolutions. Running >> Windows on the same machine plugs into projectors easily. What can I >> do? > > You haven't said whether Windows automatically picks the right > resolution, or whether you manually tell it what to do. I just connect it and cold boot with Windows, and the resolution looks fine. I forgot to mention, under Fedora, it is also difficult to get the original resolution back afterwards. The GUI display tool detects neither my screen type nor the supported resolutions. When I try to set it manually - either through the config tool or by editing the config file - and then log out and in, most often my changes are reverted. After a lot of fiddling and logging in and out, I eventually would get my original resolution back, without understanding why it worked now and not earlier. Right now, the display tool says 1400x1050, millions of colors, with unknown monitor type and a nVidia Corp G72M [Quadro NVS 110M, GeForce GO 7300]. Take care Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil) Turning Knowledge Data into Models Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Plugging into Projectors
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 10:29 -0500, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > I am running F11 on a Dell Latitude D820. I am unable to connect to > projectors except at ridiculously small screen resolutions. Running > Windows on the same machine plugs into projectors easily. What can I > do? You haven't said whether Windows automatically picks the right resolution, or whether you manually tell it what to do. I've seen plenty of situations where Windows requires manual intervention to get the computer working with a particular display device (one that provides no configuration details to the computer, or the wrong details). In the absence of that information, Windows, like Linux, will default to some defaults that are expected to work. Given the wrong information, anything could happen. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Plugging into Projectors
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:28:10AM -0500, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Charlie McVeigh wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 10:29 -0500, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > >> I am running F11 on a Dell Latitude D820. I am unable to connect to > >> projectors except at ridiculously small screen resolutions. Running > >> Windows on the same machine plugs into projectors easily. What can I > >> do? > > > While a pain to do, I have always had good luck getting the full > > capabilities of the projector recognized when I do a cold boot of my > > Fedora laptop with the projector connected and powered up. > > That's what I usually do, but it ends up with an extremely low resolution. Have you tried using xrandr to tweak its resolution? -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Plugging into Projectors
Hello, On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Charlie McVeigh wrote: > On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 10:29 -0500, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: >> I am running F11 on a Dell Latitude D820. I am unable to connect to >> projectors except at ridiculously small screen resolutions. Running >> Windows on the same machine plugs into projectors easily. What can I >> do? > While a pain to do, I have always had good luck getting the full > capabilities of the projector recognized when I do a cold boot of my > Fedora laptop with the projector connected and powered up. That's what I usually do, but it ends up with an extremely low resolution. Take care Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil) Turning Knowledge Data into Models Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Plugging into Projectors
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 10:29 -0500, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > Hello, > > I am running F11 on a Dell Latitude D820. I am unable to connect to > projectors except at ridiculously small screen resolutions. Running > Windows on the same machine plugs into projectors easily. What can I > do? > > Take care > Oliver > While a pain to do, I have always had good luck getting the full capabilities of the projector recognized when I do a cold boot of my Fedora laptop with the projector connected and powered up. Charlie -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Plugging into Projectors
On 11/14/2009 02:29 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: Hello, I am running F11 on a Dell Latitude D820. I am unable to connect to projectors except at ridiculously small screen resolutions. Running Windows on the same machine plugs into projectors easily. What can I do? - mention what actual resolutions work - F11 up2date - card (lspci), and driver is in use ? - resolution you are trying ? - does the system you are plugging into feed EDID back to your PC ? (most installed projection systems don't, only RGBHV are sent to proj, no returns). - are you on the VGA connector / input - if it's no EDID (try plugging cable straight into projector), it might be recognised else System Admin Display|Hardware|Monitor Type = ? Configure select either the matching display, or generic display of resolution the projector is capable of. Logout, ie make X restart, and then in System Preferences Display set up your monitor. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Plugging into Projectors
Hello, I am running F11 on a Dell Latitude D820. I am unable to connect to projectors except at ridiculously small screen resolutions. Running Windows on the same machine plugs into projectors easily. What can I do? Take care Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil) Turning Knowledge Data into Models Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
