Piccobello, Thank you. I'm a Linux NooB, and have installed ubuntu on my IBM Thinkpad T41 out of frustration with Vista where I was unable to get the External VGA port to work (it worked fine on Windows XP). My intention is to use the laptop as a HTPC, plugged directly into the TV via VGA cable & AMP plugged into the headphone jack.
I am using my Wireless LAN at home to access movies & music via a Windows PC located in another room. I was able to clone my display with ubuntu simply by ensuring the TV is plugged into the Laptop's VGA port prior to booting the Laptop. The issue that I had was that Video playback would only play on the Laptop screen, with the LCD TV just showing a black box instead of video playback. I have seen in a number of posts a suggested workaround (as discussed here) to type the following: xvattr -a XV_SWITCHCRT -v 1 However doing so gave me the following errors: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xvattr -a XV_SWITCHCRTC -v -1 Found Xv 2.2 X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 140 (XVideo) Minor opcode of failed request: 13 () Serial number of failed request: 11 Current serial number in output stream: 12 By typing xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v -1 My problem is solved. Admittedly (again as discussed above) the Laptop screen goes blank, but this doesn't bother me; as the intention is to watch Movies & TV Shows on the LCD TV. When finished, I just type: xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 1 ...to get the display back to the Laptop. Thanks again. Regards, Andrew -- video playback problem on external monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/55646 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
