On Fri 09/29/06 at 10:39 AM, Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: > > >I just upgraded my Ferrari to nv49, and I'm now having trouble displaying > >on an overhead projector. > > > >I have an xorg.conf that used to work, but it now seems to be crippled. > >Specifically, I have to restart the X server to enable the external > >display, it will no longer simultaneously display on my screen and the > >projector, and the bottom 2% of the projected screen wraps around and > >displays at the top. > > > >Unfortunately, I upgrade my laptop much more frequently than I give > >presentations, so I have no clue when this problem first appeared. > > > >I suspect many Ferrari users out there have the same xorg.conf that I do. > >Does this problem sound familiar? Any fixes, hints, suggestions? > > Does it help if you run "xrandr" or the GNOME resolution tool?
I was using the GNOME tool. Different resolutions didn't fix the image quality, and switching resolutions wasn't sufficient to switch on the external display. That reminds me of another difference, though: the indicator that I was using the correct xorg.conf used to be that the resolution tool would display 0MHz or some enormous number instead of 62MHz. Yesterday it was displaying 62. > Try the frkit radeon driver, it certainly allows you to connet > a external monitor and then select the resolution tool at which > point the external monitor will switch on. I am. I updated it yesterday. FWIW, the projector itself is fine. I tried a different laptop, and it displayed correctly. Nils
