Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:30:51 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD && HDMI TV Message-ID: <20121111183051.GA4744@tinyCurrent> In-Reply-To: <20121111102725.GZ31744@e-new.0x20.net> References: <20121110122600.GA3426@tinyCurrent> <10861.1352599804@tristatelogic.com> <20121111102725.GZ31744@e-new.0x20.net>
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El día Sunday, November 11, 2012 a las 11:27:25AM +0100, Lars Engels escribió: > > >I have installed xrandr 1.3.x but do not see how to use this with the > > >external VGA TV; my laptop uses 1024x600 and the TV has 1920x1080 > > >resolution; when I connect the TV before starting X11/KDE both screens > > >show the same picture with 800x600 resolution; can you please give an > > >example how to use 1920x1080 on the TV? Thanks > > > > Try x11/lxrandr, that's a simple GTK GUI for xrandr Thanks for the hint; I think I'm now through; with the line in xorg.conf about Virtual 2944 2944 (2944 is the sum of 1024+1920) and this command: $ xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x600 --rate 60.0 --primary --output VGA --mode 1920x1080 --rate 60.0 --right-of LVDS I get theese two screens: +------------------+-------------------------------+ | | | | LVDS | | | 1024x600 | | | | | +------------------+ VGA | | 1920x1080 | | | | | +-------------------------------+ the KDE pannel and icons are in the LVDS and I can drag and drop any X11 application between LVDS and VGA; to stop the VGA output I just use $ xrandr --output VGA --off Thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribbon.org E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards
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