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Questions about supported video projectors in Linux
hoojchoons:
I hope that some of you guys can give me some help with this.O.k here it goes:
I've got a really important presentation coming up at my University and I really need to know if video projectors are currently supported in Linux.
Unfortunately, I'm still writing my thesis on a Toshiba Satellite 1730 laptop, running Windoze Me. I'd appreciate your help cause I'm fuckin' fed up with M$'s joke of "operating systems"! :mad:
voidmain:
All of them that use a VGA type connection should be supported as long as you set X up with the right resolutions and refresh/sync rates.
hoojchoons:
Thanks VoidMain! I'm gonna give it a try and see what happens because, as you know already, a Linux installation on a laptop can turn out to be a real adventure, especially if you have to use X. :confused:
voidmain:
I guess it depends on the laptop. I have two Dell Laptops and have no problem with either. One is a newer Latitude w/512MB RAM and the Mobility video card and the older laptop is also a Latitude, don't recall the video card type at the moment.
The *only* thing that was a little tricky for me is to get X configured to work with the external monitor when the system was docked in my C/DockII. Turns out this was very simple as well. And it might give you a headache with an external monitor (video projector in your case). On the Dell I had to add an option to my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. Under the 'Section "Screen"' I had to add the line 'Option "Display" "BIOS"' for it to work both docked and undocked.
Now that option is specific to the Mobility video card driver (r128 driver), which has a man page "man r128". What video card do you have in your laptop?
hoojchoons:
I've got the ATI Rage Mobility -C, which uses the "ati" driver under Xfree86 4.2.0. Unfortunately, the "ati" driver doesn't support 3D hardware accelaration, but that's o.k since I use the laptop mainly for text editing. I forgot to mention that I recently installed SuSE Linux 8.0 on the Tosh. The installation with YAST2 went so smoothly even a 3yr old could do it. I'd also set up the X server to load at startup and KDE as my default desktop environment. I was really surprised with KDE's (3.0) robustness and stability. Anyway, to cut it short I uninstalled Linux :( and reinstalled Windoze ME :mad: cos I was very worried about my presentation and all, as it's really important to me.
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