Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:40:50 +0000 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu>, freeBSD hardware list <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Failure to Project OOImpress Message-ID: <47DD85D2.3000801@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750803161205q249b719fgfa7232be0c191572@mail.gmail.com> References: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0803141439220.4436@libra.sfsu.edu> <3a142e750803141944y390fb3aai9263bb4c0bcb2104@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0803151250520.27121@libra.sfsu.edu> <3a142e750803161205q249b719fgfa7232be0c191572@mail.gmail.com>
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I seem to recall I just had to play with xrandr to get an external monitor to work on my dell while my old Toshiba laptop used to need the function-f3 or f4 key pressing, but its not something i've done recently enough to remember the exact procedure for either. Vince Paul B. Mahol wrote: > 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 <kayve@sfsu.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 <kayve@sfsu.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 >>>> >>>> [kayve@kv_bsd ~]$ uname -a >>>> FreeBSD kv_bsd 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 >> UTC >>>> 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >>>> [kayve@kv_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 >>>> *----------------------------------------------------------* >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> *----------------------------------------------------------* >> Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) >> (415) 902 5513 cellular >> http://kayve.net >> Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org >> *----------------------------------------------------------* >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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