From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 11 02:10:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54ECBBD for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:10:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91BA18FC08 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:10:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from segfault-nmh-helo.tristatelogic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBF2F5081B; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:10:04 -0800 (PST) To: Matthias Apitz Subject: Re: FreeBSD && HDMI TV In-Reply-To: <20121110122600.GA3426@tinyCurrent> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:10:04 -0800 Message-ID: <10861.1352599804@tristatelogic.com> From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:10:12 -0000 In message <20121110122600.GA3426@tinyCurrent>, Matthias Apitz wrote: >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 Did you try this? xrandr --size 1920x1080 If so, what happened when you did? Also, if you just run xrandr with no options, then what prints out? (Hint: The output should show you all available resolutions for each screen you have attached.)