[gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-11-08, Daniel Frey wrote: > > I am assuming this is a TV? All TVs apply overscan to inputs and that > is what you are seeing. FWIW, the history of overscan (why it existed in CRT-based TVs and why it was kept when they switched to Plasma/LCD) is rather interesting: http://en.wikipedia.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-08 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: > > > On Nov 7, 2013 9:47 PM, "Dale" > wrote: > > > Mine isn't skewed to one side, it's just a fraction to large. It > seems to be cut off by a few pixels all the way around. Watching a > movie tho, no problem. Using it for a puter monitor tho, sl

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-08 Thread Daniel Frey
On Nov 7, 2013 9:47 PM, "Dale" wrote: > Mine isn't skewed to one side, it's just a fraction to large. It seems to be cut off by a few pixels all the way around. Watching a movie tho, no problem. Using it for a puter monitor tho, slight issue. To give a bit of a idea, about 1/3 of the clock on

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-07 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 05:33:34AM -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Anyway, I still need to check into some things. The edges of the >> screen on my TV is cut off. It's not much but just enough that it >> will cause issues if I try to do some things on the TV. > > I have the ver

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-03 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 05:33:34AM -0500, Dale wrote: > Anyway, I still need to check into some things. The edges of the > screen on my TV is cut off. It's not much but just enough that it > will cause issues if I try to do some things on the TV. I have the very same thing with a very old Radeon

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-02 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 07:43:54PM -0500, Dale wrote: > > Well, I got the cable in. I hooked it up, nothing. H. Then I > turned around to look at my regular monitor and KDE had a pop up about a > new video device. Oh really. I clicked to set it up and now I have a > picture. No sound tho.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 05:33:34 -0500, Dale wrote: > Oh, while testing the sound, I found out I have my puter speakers > backwords. My left speaker claims to be right and the right speaker > claims to be left. That's side to side, not backwards :P > It's been that way for many years now. LOL C

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-02 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > Dale wrote: > > Well, I got the cable in. I hooked it up, nothing. H. Then I > turned around to look at my regular monitor and KDE had a pop up about a > new video device. Oh really. I clicked to set it up and now I have a > picture. No sound tho. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-02 Thread Yohan Pereira
On 01/11/13 at 07:43pm, Dale wrote: > > Well, I got the cable in. I hooked it up, nothing. H. Then I > turned around to look at my regular monitor and KDE had a pop up about a > new video device. Oh really. I clicked to set it up and now I have a > picture. No sound tho. I can't watch vi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-02 Thread J. Roeleveld
Dale wrote: > >Well, I got the cable in. I hooked it up, nothing. H. Then I >turned around to look at my regular monitor and KDE had a pop up about >a >new video device. Oh really. I clicked to set it up and now I have a >picture. No sound tho. I can't watch videos with no sound. I'll n

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-11-01 Thread Dale
Well, I got the cable in. I hooked it up, nothing. H. Then I turned around to look at my regular monitor and KDE had a pop up about a new video device. Oh really. I clicked to set it up and now I have a picture. No sound tho. I can't watch videos with no sound. I'll need to work on that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-10-31 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 07:31:04AM -0500, Bruce Hill wrote > Today 1920x1080 on a 23" screen still doesn't look like a large > working environment. Maybe if I'd never had greater resolution on > 17" and 19" CRTs, and come from 1024x768 on a 15" LCD, I'd think > it HUGE. Part of the issue is that I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-10-31 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 03:13:37AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > > What size is that screen? Can you attach a screen shot? I have 1920x1080 on > > everything but this laptop (1440x900), and use 23" screens at work. Still, I > > just can't seem to like any setup with more than one thing on the sc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-10-30 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:52:00PM -0500, Dale wrote > >> I do use KDE with Fluxbox as a backup.. I want to get another monitor >> but just not right now. I want one that I can flip 90 degrees so that >> it is tall instead of wide but only want Firefox to run on that. > I r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-10-30 Thread Bruce Hill
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 09:14:30PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > I run 2 browsers, 960x1080 side-by-each, on a 1920x1080 display. What size is that screen? Can you attach a screen shot? I have 1920x1080 on everything but this laptop (1440x900), and use 23" screens at work. Still, I just can't s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-10-30 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:52:00PM -0500, Dale wrote > I do use KDE with Fluxbox as a backup.. I want to get another monitor > but just not right now. I want one that I can flip 90 degrees so that > it is tall instead of wide but only want Firefox to run on that. I run 2 browsers, 960x1080 si

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-10-30 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:03:34 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >>> But why would you want identical images? Google Xinerama. See >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo (yeah it's Ubuntu), >>> for how to get a B-I-I-I-I-G two-screen-wide desktop. >> >> Or you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-10-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:03:34 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > But why would you want identical images? Google Xinerama. See > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo (yeah it's Ubuntu), > > for how to get a B-I-I-I-I-G two-screen-wide desktop. > > Or you can have a different de

[gentoo-user] Re: Video card with two ports.

2013-10-30 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-10-30, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 09:32:54PM -0500, Dale wrote >> Howdy, >> >> Quick question. I have a Nvidia GeForce GT 220 video card. It has a >> VGA and a HDMI connection. My question, if I hook a monitor to each >> port, they will both have the same pic right?