On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:45:17 +0000
Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I missed the earlier thread about this. Would something on the lines
of
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1366x768 --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080
--right- of LVDS1
Probably not and I was trying to clone LVDS1. After considerable
experimentation, my hypothesis is that KDE grabs the extension.
What are "that" and "WiDi"?
"That" referred to completely independent display parameters. I think
that this is because X11 defines only one screen (with two displays).
WiDi is Intel's wireless display. With an i5 or i7 (possibly some
i3's), Windows 7 and about $50 in additional hardware, you can stream
computer to HDTV wirelessly.
> Oh, someone recommended using xrandr to manipulate the display
> devices. That might be a good idea. However, the man page is about
> as arcane as The Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Read it bottom-up. :-D Start from examples section at the bottom of
the man page, and then gradually get familiar with the xrandr 1.1
options, then xrandr 1.2 (which I used in the above example), and
then read up xrandr 1.3 options only if you decide you need them. ;-)
I actually tried that - making notes with pen and paper. For me, it
might as well be the Hindi Upanishads.