On 07/06/2013 01:31 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On 03/14/2012 08:11 AM, Robert David wrote: >> V Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:24:47 -0500 >> Michael Sullivan <[email protected]> napsáno: >> >>> I feel really stupid asking this, but I want to use an HDMI component >>> to output one of my PCs to the TV set. I've followed all of the wiki >>> entry at http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DisplayLink, but there's >>> something else I need to know. I get the green screen on the TV that >>> it mentions when the kernel module is being loaded correctly. The >>> problem is that I use gdm in /etc/conf.d/xdm DISPLAYMANAGER variable >>> to start X, and I don't know where the actual gdm configuration lives >>> so I can tell it to use ~/.xinitrc2 from the wiki. My google >>> searching hasn't been going well. Can anybody give me any hints as to >>> how to make progress on this problem? >>> >> Hi Michael, >> >> it depends on how you would like to use the external card. Please >> specify your scenario. > So my laptop has a built-in display and a VGA output. While working, I > use both. In fact, here's the content of the script I run when logging > in to arrange things the way I like them: > > #!/bin/sh > xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto > xrandr --output VGA1 --off # Force a full reset of VGA1 > xrandr --output VGA1 --left-of LVDS1 --auto > > > Let's say I were able to set up the DisplayLink adapter using "xrandr > --output FBUSB1 --auto". The effect I'm looking for could then be > achieved via: > > #!/bin/sh > xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto > xrandr --output VGA1 --off > xrandr --output VGA1 --left-of LVDS1 --auto > xrandr --output FBUSB1 --off > xrandr --output FBUSB1 --left-of VGA1 --auto > > In effect, I want all three displays arranged as part of the same > extended desktop with xinerama. (xinerama is pretty explicitly part of > my workflow, as one thing I often do is have 3-4 remote desktops active > *per local display*, and I drag them around as necessary. > >> Anyway, try to look in /etc/gdm, /etc/init.d/xdm, /etc/X11 (there can >> be specified which server start in file xdm/Xservers) >> >> I have DL adapter connected to my docking station and a simple script >> to activate the second xserver on docking and deactivate that when >> undocking. I simply run here second desktop using x2x. I just use that >> primary for web browser, so I dont need xinerama. >> >> You can also use DL with your primary card and xinerama. But it needs >> specific xorg.conf and needs to be connected when xserver starting. So >> nothing suitable for notebook and hotplug. > This latter scenario is what I'd be interested in. I'd have no > complaints if I needed it plugged in when X started; that's fine, if a > bit weird. (though it couldn't be done via xrandr? Seriously?) > > I don't do anything with hotplug, really. I don't use PulseAudio, I > don't use GNOME, KDE or udev automount. About the only automagic thing I > use is NetworkManager (and even that fails to notice when the laptop's > moved five miles away from the AP it was connected to.). > >
Whups. That was the wrong thread. :)
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