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Questions about supported video projectors in Linux
voidmain:
I just did a google search and found that other people are using Toshiba Satellites with External monitors and are able to switch between external/LCD/BOTH with no problems.
The only issue I can think of is a lot of projectors require 800x600 or less on the video signal so you need to make sure you have the lower resolutions defined in your XF86Config. You can then cycle between the resolutions using your CTLR+ALT+KeypadPlus. Do you have a projector of the type you are to give your presentation on that you can test with?
And you might want to check this out:
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/laptop-display.html
[ May 06, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
hoojchoons:
Great link! Couldn't be more accurate (Bull's eye as you'd say)!! As a matter of fact, I don't think that my laptop's resolution will cause any problems since it's running on 800X600 anyway (doesn't get higher for me because of the Tosh's crappy 12.1" TFT display :( ).
Unfortunately, I don't have a projector of my own so I'll have to use theirs. I'm gonna have a closer look at the projector they're using at my school and see what happens. Anyway, I'm installing Linux later today on the Tosh! Thanks for all your help and feedback once more !
voidmain:
Well, my Dell is only capable of 800x600 on the LCD but I run 1280x1024 on my external monitor. That's where I would be concerned.
hoojchoons:
Hey VoidMain, I guess that I belong to the lucky ones! I installed SuSE Linux 8.0 from scratch the day before yesterday, hoping that I could get my external 15" monitor to display the video signal from the Tosh. To my great relief, I found that I could use with extreme ease, my Fn-F5 to switch between the two monitors. In fact I was able to cycle between the 3 modes: LCD, CRT and both. Hopefully, I didn't have to use any of the tips from the link you provided but anyway it was great help. Now, I've got to try out the projector but I don't think that it will pose any problems.
voidmain:
The only problem I can see you running in to is only having resolutions configured for 1024x768 or higher in SuSe and your projector only supporting 800x600 or below. Hopefully SuSe has a nice configurator to help you configure more resolutions. Let us know how it comes out.
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