Failure to Project OOImpress

Couldn't connect to projector for presentation.

I was supposed to give a class presentation and we tried to
hook 
my computer  into the 15 pin female joint (sorry I forget
what it is 
called three rows of 5 pins each on the computer, hooking to
15 pins
on the wire) that I guess is usually a monitor connector. 
The professor
kept saying "hit function-f8" but that didn't go.

I am running gnome on freeBSD

[kayvekv_bsd ~]$ uname -a
FreeBSD kv_bsd 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan
12 10:40:27 UTC 
2007     rootdessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
i386
[kayvekv_bsd ~]$


He said it was all about BIOS, but we were trying to hit
func-f8 during 
gnome running, so I thought
I would get a second opinion.

Here is a link with pictures of the model decal:

http://www.monkeyview.net/id/965/fsck/dmesg/index.vhtml

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Was it connected prior or after Xorg startup?

On 3/14/08, KAYVEN RIESE <kayvesfsu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Couldn't connect to projector for presentation.
>
> I was supposed to give a class presentation and we
tried to hook
> my computer  into the 15 pin female joint (sorry I
forget what it is
> called three rows of 5 pins each on the computer,
hooking to 15 pins
> on the wire) that I guess is usually a monitor
connector.  The professor
> kept saying "hit function-f8" but that didn't
go.
>
> I am running gnome on freeBSD
>
> [kayvekv_bsd ~]$ uname -a
> FreeBSD kv_bsd 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri
Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC
> 2007     rootdessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
i386
> [kayvekv_bsd ~]$
>
>
> He said it was all about BIOS, but we were trying to
hit func-f8 during
> gnome running, so I thought
> I would get a second opinion.
>
> Here is a link with pictures of the model decal:
>
> http://www.monkeyview.net/id/965/fsck/dmesg/index.vhtml
>
>
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>    Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics)
>    (415) 902 5513 cellular
>    http://kayve.net
>    Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org
>
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On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Paul B. Mahol wrote:

> Was it connected prior or after Xorg startup?

I think we connected prior.  Should we have?  I had my
computer turned off, and I booted it up. The projector
was on during boot.  I thought the boot process would
take care of it but it didn't.

>
> On 3/14/08, KAYVEN RIESE <kayvesfsu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Couldn't connect to projector for presentation.
>>
>> I was supposed to give a class presentation and we
tried to hook
>> my computer  into the 15 pin female joint (sorry I
forget what it is
>> called three rows of 5 pins each on the computer,
hooking to 15 pins
>> on the wire) that I guess is usually a monitor
connector.  The professor
>> kept saying "hit function-f8" but that
didn't go.
>>
>> I am running gnome on freeBSD
>>
>> [kayvekv_bsd ~]$ uname -a
>> FreeBSD kv_bsd 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0:
Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC
>> 2007     rootdessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
i386
>> [kayvekv_bsd ~]$
>>
>>
>> He said it was all about BIOS, but we were trying
to hit func-f8 during
>> gnome running, so I thought
>> I would get a second opinion.
>>
>> Here is a link with pictures of the model decal:
>>
>> http://www.monkeyview.net/id/965/fsck/dmesg/index.vhtml
>>
>>
*----------------------------------------------------------*

>>    Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and
Biophysics)
>>    (415) 902 5513 cellular
>>    http://kayve.net
>>    Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org
>>
*----------------------------------------------------------*

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Dont hold me for this: but I remmeber that I read somewhere
that if
projector is connected before Xorg starts available
resolutions to
projector would be limited.
So best is to disconnect and connect it again when Xorg is
already running.
Beware: I dont have experience with projectors with Xorg,
only with
seconds monitors but that is different story.

I hope that there are somebody over there with more
experience with
projectors than me.

On 3/15/08, KAYVEN RIESE <kayvesfsu.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Paul B. Mahol wrote:
>
> > Was it connected prior or after Xorg startup?
>
> I think we connected prior.  Should we have?  I had my
> computer turned off, and I booted it up. The projector
> was on during boot.  I thought the boot process would
> take care of it but it didn't.
>
> >
> > On 3/14/08, KAYVEN RIESE <kayvesfsu.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Couldn't connect to projector for
presentation.
> >>
> >> I was supposed to give a class presentation
and we tried to hook
> >> my computer  into the 15 pin female joint
(sorry I forget what it is
> >> called three rows of 5 pins each on the
computer, hooking to 15 pins
> >> on the wire) that I guess is usually a monitor
connector.  The professor
> >> kept saying "hit function-f8" but
that didn't go.
> >>
> >> I am running gnome on freeBSD
> >>
> >> [kayvekv_bsd ~]$ uname -a
> >> FreeBSD kv_bsd 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE
#0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27
> UTC
> >> 2007     rootdessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
i386
> >> [kayvekv_bsd ~]$
> >>
> >>
> >> He said it was all about BIOS, but we were
trying to hit func-f8 during
> >> gnome running, so I thought
> >> I would get a second opinion.
> >>
> >> Here is a link with pictures of the model
decal:
> >>
> >> http://www.monkeyview.net/id/965/fsck/dmesg/index.vhtml
> >>
> >>
*----------------------------------------------------------*

> >>    Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and
Biophysics)
> >>    (415) 902 5513 cellular
> >>    http://kayve.net
> >>    Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org
> >>
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>
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On 3/15/08, KAYVEN RIESE <kayvesfsu.edu> wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Paul B. Mahol wrote:
>
> > Was it connected prior or after Xorg startup?
>
> I think we connected prior. Should we have? I had my
> computer turned off, and I booted it up. The projector
> was on during boot. I thought the boot process would
> take care of it but it didn't.
>

It should not be directly related to system in any way.
Googling
around, I found that Xorg resolutions and modelines must be
configured
for projectors in the same way as with second monitors ie
creating
another display or screen layout in xorg.conf.
But is should work "out of box way" if for example
projector/monitor
support current Xorg resolution.
Also there are some problems (found by googling) with gdm
and
projectors in linux environment (no reasons why it should
not happen
in freebsd also).
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