Projector on my laptop

I tried with an ordinary CRT monitor, and it didn't work. Do
i need to
have anything installed? Is xinerama necessary?

Thanks

On 12/11/06, James <wirelesstampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Felipe Ribeiro <felipernb...> writes:
>
>
> > I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop running
gentoo.
>
> > I use my display on 1280x800 and i want to use a
projector to give a
> > speech and show slides and live coding. What do i
have to configure?
> > My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?
>
>
> IN /etc/X11/xorg.conf   look that the file. Near the
bottom,
> you'll find a  screen section:
>
> <snip>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Screen0"
>         Device  "Card0"
>         Monitor "Monitor0"
>         DefaultColorDepth 24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth   1
>                 Modes  "1440x900"
"1024x768"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth   4
>                 Modes "1440x900"
"1024x768"
>         EndSubSection
> <end/snip>
>
> You may have to revisit some of your drivers in your
kernel, depending
> on how your kernel is configured, but may not also.....
>
> I'd save an old copy of anything you modify, so as to
make
> recovery from mistakes, easy....
>
>
>
> James
>
>
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hum

can you send your video card name/specs??

[]'s

helder

On 12/11/06, Felipe Ribeiro <felipernbgmail.com> wrote:
> I tried with an ordinary CRT monitor, and it didn't
work. Do i need to
> have anything installed? Is xinerama necessary?
>
> Thanks
>
> On 12/11/06, James <wirelesstampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > Felipe Ribeiro <felipernb...> writes:
> >
> >
> > > I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop
running gentoo.
> >
> > > I use my display on 1280x800 and i want to
use a projector to give a
> > > speech and show slides and live coding. What
do i have to configure?
> > > My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?
> >
> >
> > IN /etc/X11/xorg.conf   look that the file. Near
the bottom,
> > you'll find a  screen section:
> >
> > <snip>
> > Section "Screen"
> >         Identifier      "Screen0"
> >         Device  "Card0"
> >         Monitor "Monitor0"
> >         DefaultColorDepth 24
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth   1
> >                 Modes  "1440x900"
"1024x768"
> >         EndSubSection
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth   4
> >                 Modes "1440x900"
"1024x768"
> >         EndSubSection
> > <end/snip>
> >
> > You may have to revisit some of your drivers in
your kernel, depending
> > on how your kernel is configured, but may not
also.....
> >
> > I'd save an old copy of anything you modify, so as
to make
> > recovery from mistakes, easy....
> >
> >
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
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It's a SISM760GX :-(


On 12/11/06, Hélder Máximo Botter Ribas <helderribasgmail.com> wrote:
> hum
>
> can you send your video card name/specs??
>
> []'s
>
> helder
>
> On 12/11/06, Felipe Ribeiro <felipernbgmail.com> wrote:
> > I tried with an ordinary CRT monitor, and it
didn't work. Do i need to
> > have anything installed? Is xinerama necessary?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On 12/11/06, James <wirelesstampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > > Felipe Ribeiro <felipernb...>
writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > I have an Acer Aspire 5002 WLMI laptop
running gentoo.
> > >
> > > > I use my display on 1280x800 and i want
to use a projector to give a
> > > > speech and show slides and live coding.
What do i have to configure?
> > > > My xorg.conf? what do I have to change?
> > >
> > >
> > > IN /etc/X11/xorg.conf   look that the file.
Near the bottom,
> > > you'll find a  screen section:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > > Section "Screen"
> > >         Identifier      "Screen0"
> > >         Device  "Card0"
> > >         Monitor "Monitor0"
> > >         DefaultColorDepth 24
> > >         SubSection "Display"
> > >                 Depth   1
> > >                 Modes  "1440x900"
"1024x768"
> > >         EndSubSection
> > >         SubSection "Display"
> > >                 Depth   4
> > >                 Modes "1440x900"
"1024x768"
> > >         EndSubSection
> > > <end/snip>
> > >
> > > You may have to revisit some of your drivers
in your kernel, depending
> > > on how your kernel is configured, but may not
also.....
> > >
> > > I'd save an old copy of anything you modify,
so as to make
> > > recovery from mistakes, easy....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > >
> > >
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did you hit the function+F5  or the equivalent to switch
where the
video is displayed, LCD/external/both ?

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yeah, i tried.

On 12/11/06, Jon Schlueter <jon.schluetergmail.com> wrote:
> did you hit the function+F5  or the equivalent to
switch where the
> video is displayed, LCD/external/both ?
>
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