On 03/22/2010 04:25 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Monday 22 Mar 2010 4:18:09 pm Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
I have an acer aspire 4720z. This has fn+f6 hot key that displays either
only projector, both laptop and projector and only laptop. This works
perfectly in kde. In gnome on the other hand, Everything appears on the
projector screen, but on the laptop only the top bar and bottom bar are
available. The rest of the screen is blank. The hot key has no effect. Any
clues?
forgot to add that this is fedora 11.
Well, what you are seeing is a 'spanned' desktop (ie: both laptop and projector
are part of *one* single spanned desktop). To choose the behavior you described,
ie: the display on either one screen or a mirrored display, you can try
"System->Preferences->Display".
Note, one annoying little glitch is sometime both monitors are detected but one
shows up 'on-top' of the other, so until you 'drag' the one on top you would not
see the other.
For spanning desktop drag any of the monitors to the position you prefer (ie:
left or right of laptop display). For display a single 'non-spanned' desktop on
both screens, select Mirror screens. And for using only a single screen, choose
the one you do not want to use and select 'off'.
Let us know if it works. If it does you can select the "Show displays in panel"
checkbox to quickly launch the interface.
BTW: using spanned desktops is /much/ more convenient than mirrored or
individual screens once you get used to it.
cheers,
- steve
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