Scrolling projector display with ATI video on FC1
David Smith
dsmith at programmablesolutions.net
Thu Sep 23 14:10:14 UTC 2004
Erik,
Could you post your XF86Config file? Also important which version of
Fedora are you using?
David
On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 08:28, ehemdal at townisp.com wrote:
> I use my Dell Latitude D600 for presentations and have recently been
> unable to set the projector to anything but 640X480 resolution, regardless
> of how the display resolution is set (1024x768 is the native res on the
> display panel).
>
> But instead of seeing the entire screen, the projector display acts like a
> viewport. As I move the mouse around, the picture on the screen moves
> around to display, effectively, "what the pointer is looking at". The
> effect is dizzying, to say the least, and really unworkable.
>
> Hardware is ATI Radeon Mobility M9, and all Fedora updates are applied.
> I'm using the 'radeon' driver according to XF86Config. The system dual
> boots Windows XP, and the Windows side of the house has no issue (the
> projector pops to 1024x768 and displays the entire screen area). I've
> seen this happen with three different projectors, so I suspect the issue
> lies with Fedora and not the hardware.
>
> I've checked the archives, and I've seen references to fixes for a
> projector stuck on 640x480, but none of the posts seem to address the
> viewport behavior, which is really awkward. I might have misread or
> misunderstood something. I'd like to get the resolution above 640x480.
>
> Does anyone know how this can be done? Thanks. Erik
>
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