FC5/KDE3.5 beamer woes

Marcelo Magno T. Sales marcelo.sales at sefaz.pe.gov.br
Tue Oct 17 14:04:49 UTC 2006


Em Terça 17 Outubro 2006 10:23, Ernest B. M escreveu:
> Anthony Messina wrote the following on 10/17/2006 03:08 PM:
> > Rex Dieter wrote:
> >> Ernest B. M  wrote:
> >>> My FC5/KDE3.5 system does not automatically project the screen to a
> >>> beamer
> >>
> >> OK, I give up, what is a "beamer"?
> >>
> >> -- Rex
> >
> > i just found out too, rex... it's a video projector
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer
>
> ok, now that we know what it is - has anybody experienced this
> problem? You are a a very important meeting, (and are very proud of
> your OS, its not windoze). You fire up the projector, connect the
> laptoy and la! the resolutions dont match, you have to tinker with
> Xorg.conf to get it right, and everyone is asking.. what the hell is
> he doing? (and someone with an apple laughts at you proudly)

Why not setup xorg.conf with the most common resolutions (at least 1024x768 
and 800x600, besides that you normally use) and just cycle between them with 
CTRL + and CTRL - if necessary? For me, this is ok...

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Marcelo




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