On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:57 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:
> I want as much screen real estate as possible for my presentation. The > projector will project 1400x1050 and can accept from my computer up to > 1600x1200. Therefore, I want my laptop to do 1400x1050 or higher, in a > 4:3 ratio. The nVidia driver offers me only 1680x1050, 1280x1050, or > 1280x960, and lower resolutions. Thus, with the nVidia driver I can > project 1680x1050, which will be distorted to the audience, or I can > project 1280x960, which will not be distorted to the audience, but > gives me less screen real estate than the projector is capable of. > > The nouveau driver gives me options of 1680x1050 or 1400x1050, and > lesser resolutions. By setting my laptop to 1400x1050 I can project an > undistorted 1400x1050 to the audience. My laptop will be slightly > distorted, but I am looking at it right now and it is tolerable. After > the presentation I can set my laptop back to 1680x1050. > > Actually, the nVidia driver is slightly faster than the nouveau driver > so, after the presentation I will go back to it. > So there is a problem getting the nVidia driver into the resolution you want and a problem getting the nouveau driver to display on two monitors. Why not reverse the problem. Go back to the nVidia driver at 1280x960 and get dual monitors working. Then try to find out why the nVidia driver is not offering you the resolution you want. It seems the resolution problem would be easier to solve. Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
