[aklug] Re: Projectors and Secure Wifi

With Ubuntu 8.10, using fglrx the answer is #2.
Very nice. It does just work, and I'm gunshy about using the ATI driverblob
right now.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:45 AM, David Prentice <ak.prentice@gmail.com>wrote:

> Laptop is a Gateway, can't remember the model designation. Uses a ATI
> Radeon Xpress 200 integrated card, with support for VGA-out and Svideo-out.
>
> With 8.04.1 the only way I could get dual monitor support was with the ATI
> drivers. The fglrx driver wouldn't cut the mustard for this. No video to the
> second monitor. With the ATI driver, installed through Envy, I got ATI's
> Catalyst manager and was able to manage dual monitors on the fly without
> rebooting. It wasn't quite plug-and-play but it was close.
>
> My problems have all been with Ubuntu or Ubuntu-derived distros. I haven't
> plugged a projector to the laptop since I've installed 8.10 but need to test
> this out before being embarassed this weekend when my laptop fails to
> function for a presentation.
>
> So based on your experience, what should I expect using U-8.10 and a second
> monitor (projector) on the laptop:
> 1. plug it in, turn it on, and it "just works"
> 2. plug it in, turn it on, REBOOT THE SYSTEM, and it "just works"
> 3. something else in between, perhaps including an edit of xorg.conf
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv>wrote:
>
>> I've had the same problem in the past. I'm happy to report that Mirrored
>> or dual-screen mode works with my ThinkPad T42 and Dell Inspiron.
>>
>> I'm running Ubuntu and the GUI tool for screen resolution has a "Mirror
>> Screens" option. It also has a "Detect Displays" button. I'm not sure if
>> that works. In the past I had to connect the projector before I booted the
>> system. If I didn't the system wouldn't switch to the projector. I'm not
>> sure if that's necessary any more but I still do it.
>>
>> What Laptop and Distribution combo are you using?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Prentice" <ak.prentice@gmail.com>
>> To: "Alaska Linux User's Group" <aklug@aklug.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 9:13:17 PM GMT -09:00 Alaska
>> Subject: [aklug] Re: Projectors and Secure Wifi
>>
>> My problems with projectors hasn't been getting the projector to work, but
>> getting the laptop to pipe video to the VGA port in the first place
>> instead
>> of or in addition to the LCD. Once I can get the laptop to function in
>> dual-screen mode, life is easy. The projector itself is no trouble at all
>> at
>> that point.
>>
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