Re: [ubuntu-uk] linking laptop to video projector
Howard Berry wrote: > Windows on my Vaio laptop. In windows you can toggle the display by > pressing Fn+F7. > I want to use Ubuntu Intrepid on the same laptop for my presentation. If the F-keys fail, use the Screen Resolution tool under System - Preferences: http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-resolu tion-setup/ If your graphics card recognises the second display, you'll see two rectangles, one for your LCD laptop display, one for the projector/external monitor. The easiest option may be to select "clone" which will mean both displays show the same thing (my preference). You can also click on the rectangle representing the projector/monitor and select the resolution from the drop-down menu. Initially the resolution may be set to "OFF" and this default setting does exactly what it says on the tin; you need to pick a resolution which is something other than "OFF", such as 800x600, to turn the external monitor on. There's an interesting difference between Hardy 8.04 and Intrepid 8.10 here. Hardy won't let you clone monitors of different shapes (eg. you can't clone both a 4:3 and a widescreeen monitor together), whereas Intrepid will allow this. If you clone a 4:3 onto a widescreen display in Intrepid, then Intrepid will stretch the desktop on the wider monitor, but the Gnome toolbars will not stretch into those areas. Although initially counter-intuitive, once you've got your head round it, it's a very neat solution, IMHO. If you do NOT clone the displays (or if you clone monitors of different sizes in Intrepid), you can drag the rectangles around so that, for example, the projector becomes an extension of your laptop display to the top, left or wherever. If all else fails, you can write a script to call xrandr. The xrandr command controls graphical desktop outputs, and allows you to set VGA, DVI, TV outputs, both in terms of turning them on/off and more complex setups. http://navetz.com/v/132/Simple-dual-monitor-setup-with-XrandR-in-Ubuntu- Linux Such an xrandr script is exactly what the F-keys call anyway IIRC. You can actually go into the acpi (IIRC) directories and edit the scripts to do something particularly fancy, if you're particularly adventurous, bored or confident. Andrew Oakley Head of Software Development Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 95 Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1HZ T 01242 211460 F 01242 211122 W www.hesa.ac.uk _ Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd (HESA) is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England at 95 Promenade Cheltenham GL50 1HZ. Registered No. 2766993. The members are Universities UK and GuildHE. Registered Charity No. 1039709. Certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001. HESA Services Ltd (HSL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of HESA, registered in England at the same address. Registered No. 3109219. _ This outgoing email was virus scanned for HESA by MessageLabs. _ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] linking laptop to video projector
No idea about Sonys but my Ubuntu on Compaq seems to do the whole screen thing just the same as Windows... use the Fn-F4 or whatever... Never had a problem with it in the past... perhaps it's broken in the latest version? Must admit I haven't tried it for a few months... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] linking laptop to video projector
Howard Berry wrote: > Greetings, > I am giving a talk on the open source movement to a group next week. > There is a video projector which works well when I tried it with > Windows on my Vaio laptop. In windows you can toggle the display by > pressing Fn+F7. > I want to use Ubuntu Intrepid on the same laptop for my presentation. > How do I get Ubuntu to send images to the video projector? > > Regards, > Howard > > Hi Howard, To get this to work with my laptop I have to plug the external monitor/projector in to my video out port, go to System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution where it is detected and select the resolution and position of the screen. Unfortunately the only way I can then get output to that screen is by restarting my laptop with it plugged in. Fn+F7 (or in my case Fn+F5) does not work for me. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] linking laptop to video projector
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Howard Berry wrote: > Greetings, > I am giving a talk on the open source movement to a group next week. > There is a video projector which works well when I tried it with > Windows on my Vaio laptop. In windows you can toggle the display by > pressing Fn+F7. > I want to use Ubuntu Intrepid on the same laptop for my presentation. > How do I get Ubuntu to send images to the video projector? > > Regards, > Howard > Hi Howard, If you are running the closed source nvidia video card drivers, I would use the "Nvidia X Server Settings" tool. Otherwise, under "System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution" is the Ubuntu Tool that should allow you to configure the video out. Cheers --Michael _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] linking laptop to video projector
Quoting Howard Berry : > Greetings, > I am giving a talk on the open source movement to a group next week. > There is a video projector which works well when I tried it with > Windows on my Vaio laptop. In windows you can toggle the display by > pressing Fn+F7. > I want to use Ubuntu Intrepid on the same laptop for my presentation. > How do I get Ubuntu to send images to the video projector? > > Regards, > Howard > > -- > Supporting Open Source Software. > http://www.fsf.org/ > And Open Standards > http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > For me, I just press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to a terminal, press Fn+F7 to switch the video output, and Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch back to the GNOME Desktop. Harry -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] linking laptop to video projector
Greetings, I am giving a talk on the open source movement to a group next week. There is a video projector which works well when I tried it with Windows on my Vaio laptop. In windows you can toggle the display by pressing Fn+F7. I want to use Ubuntu Intrepid on the same laptop for my presentation. How do I get Ubuntu to send images to the video projector? Regards, Howard -- Supporting Open Source Software. http://www.fsf.org/ And Open Standards http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
