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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Configuring external monitor display</H1>
<B>Anne Wilson</B>
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<I>Fri Apr 20 20:48:24 CEST 2012</I>
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On 19/04/12 19:31, Richard wrote:
><i> On Thursday 19 Apr 2012 19:12:35 Anne Wilson wrote:
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</I>>><i> On 19/04/12 17:04, Anne Wilson wrote:
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</I>>>><i> I like to use an external monitor when doing more serious work
</I>>>><i> on my netbook. As far as I can see there is nothing in MCC for
</I>>>><i> setting that up, so I assume I have to use System Settings.
</I>>>><i> However, that too only offers me the settings for the
</I>>>><i> netbook's display.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> I've looked at xorg.conf which also only has the settings for
</I>>>><i> the netbook screen. Am I right in thinking that I have to get
</I>>>><i> xrandr to get this working correctly? At the moment I can clone
</I>>>><i> the screen, but that means that only 80% of the screen is
</I>>>><i> visible, a real pain.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> I'm using beta 3, and package management seems to be
</I>>>><i> problematic at the moment.
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> Package management is now working - it looks as though the
</I>>><i> mirror was down when I tried it (several times) earlier today.
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> It seems that xrandr is already installed, so that isn't the
</I>>><i> problem.
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> The netbook screen is correctly set to
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> 1280x720, refresh 60.4 Hz
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> The external monitor, a Samsung SyncMaster 193v is set to
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> 1024x768, refresh 60 Hz.
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> That should be 1280x1024, refresh 75Hz.
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> Does anyone know how I can set this up?
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> Anne
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</I>><i> If you are running KDE, have you tried the KDE Systemsettings >
</I>><i> Display and Monitor > Size and Orientation ?
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</I>><i>
</I>><i> I have used that to set up a separate monitor on my laptop.
</I>><i>
</I>Yes, System Settings appears to be where the size information is kept.
It doesn't offer me any other resolution. Long ago I recall editing
exorg.conf, entering modelines from the monitor manual, but I'm not
sure whether it is still safe to do this. I have seen Internet
instructions on setting separate screens, so that the external monitor
can use the higher resolution. I wonder whether that's still safe?
Mike, I don't have Gnome set up on the netbook. If there's a real
chance that the Display Settings there could handle this, I'll install it.
Anne
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