[PLUG] Xrandr

[Fred James]

John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I'm still trying to figure out how to get my laptop screen to appear on
> a projector. I've been googling and reading the man page for xrandr,
> but I don't understand much of it. My laptop screen runs at 1680 x 1050
> with the nouveau driver, and I think the max that most projectors do is
> 1280 x 1050. 
>
> If someone has used xrandr to get a laptop screen to display on a
> projector at the same time, it would help if you would share the
> command(s) you use. 
>
> Oh, and I have xrandr 1.3 on Fedora 13. The following is the output of
> xrandr -q (or xrandr --current):
>
> Screen 0: minimum 800 x 600, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1050
> default connected 1680x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>    1680x1050       0.0* 
>    1280x1024      61.0  
>    1280x800        0.0  
>    1024x768       61.0  
>    800x600        61.0  
>
> I'm going to Portland State tomorrow to see if I can find a classroom
> with a projector that is open and not in use. Or maybe I can use the
> multimedia test room in the library. Hopefully I can take some time to
> experiment until I get it right. 
>
> Thanks in advance for suggestions and advice.
>   
I slipped over to newegg.com to check and is seems that some projectors 
can't do what you are asking ... can the one you are trying to use do 
it?  ... or have you already checked that?
Regards
Fred James