FC5/KDE3.5 beamer woes

[Alexander Apprich]

Ernest B. M wrote:
>>> My FC5/KDE3.5 system does not automatically project the screen to
>>> a beamer, and i have to to tinker with the resolution (basically
>>> by lowering it) to always get it working.
>>>
>>> Question is - how can i get FC5/KDE3.5 to automatically detect a 
>>> beamer and its resolution and project the proper screen to the
>>> beamer? It is a bit embarassing at times i must say. What
>>> packages must i update, if any? (sorry but i prefer KDE to GNOME,
>>> in case GNOME works well, and i would much appreciate someone to
>>> help me fix this using KDE!)
>>>
>> if you are using a nvidia card, and you have a speperate section
>> for your projector in it, try adding the following line to the
>> Display section
>>
>> SubSection "Display" Depth      24 Modes      "nvidia-auto-select" 
>> EndSubSection
>>
>> This should tell the nvidia driver (version 8756 and above) to 
>> autoselect the resolution.
> 
> hmm, i use the ATI RAdeon 9000
> 
> is it possible to do this with ATI ?

I'm afraid not. Maybe you can check the README of the radeon/fglrx
driver if there is such an option.

Alex