[melbourne-pug] Ubuntu and nvidia and Xorg and no-EDID projectors conspire against me

[Darius Powell]

You could always try using xrandr directly rather than modifying xorg
directly (and presumably restarting X).

To output to 2 monitors using 1 vga and 1 hdmi I use:

/usr/bin/xrandr --output VGA-0 --preferred --output HDMI-0 --preferred
--right-of VGA-0

See xrandr --help for info.

On 16 August 2011 11:37, mattb b <mattbster at gmail.com> wrote:
> What version of the nvidia driver are you using? Or are you using nouveau?
>
> -Matt
>
> On Aug 15, 2011 11:24 PM, "Javier Candeira" <javier at candeira.com> wrote:
>> The nvidia-settings tool is what restricts me to 640x480.
>>
>> I have tried editing the xorg.conf by hand, using the strategy you
>> suggest, with not much success. I'll give it another try tomorrow
>> between classes.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> J
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Rory Hart <hartror at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Are you just using the nvidia config tool or are you hacking the
>>> xorg.conf?
>>> If you haven't attacked the xorg.conf back it up first then use the
>>> nvidia
>>> tool to overwrite it with the projector settings then edit the file for
>>> the
>>> higher resolution.
>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Javier Candeira <javier at candeira.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Today I have spent the best part of an afternoon fighting a projector
>>>> in a classroom. My laptop runs ubuntu 10.10, has a nvidia geforce go
>>>> 5200, and will only output 640x480 through VGA. I think the problem is
>>>> that the projector is behind an AV system that obscures the EDID,
>>>> because with monitors I have managed better.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has experience marrying nvidia cards under ubuntu to
>>>> projectors, I will appreciate their help. Especially since I am
>>>> presenting at pycon this coming weekend!
>>>>
>>>> Struggling,
>>>>
>>>> Javier
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>>>
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