On 20/01/2008, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Composite resolution (using the RCA type connector) is VERY poor (and > the color is not great), especially if the TV can display higher > resolutions than just old analog (NTSC or PAL) TV. Thank you, that is important to know. > If you don't want to fiddle with xorg.conf, then you might want to try > to find a device that will take SVGA etc. output and convert it directly > into an HDTV format. I don't remember if I've ever seen such a device > for sale although if I did, it was probably expensive. I'd rather fiddle with xorg.conf as there is not much room left for a large, bulky device. > You might also want to check out the program "xrandr". Someone somewhere > mentioned this - I was looking for a way to get the Dell Inspiron 2200's > VGA output port to work under Fedora 8 with the new intel video driver > (that appears to now be installed by default rather than the older i810 > or whatever). (Under Fedora 6 and the older driver, you would use a > function key to enable the VGA output, e.g., to a projector for a > presentation.) xrandr is EXTREMELY nifty and MIGHT make it easier to > display the higher resolutions out through the VGA port. Using xrandr > (via the command line), it was trivial to set up the laptop with another > monitor or HDTV with VGA input port (which directly accepts up to an > 800x600 progressive display). I get a dual screen without having to > modify the xorg.conf file (well, it helps to tweak the xorg.conf file > just slightly to get the best resolution). Before, to get dual screens > you really had to know how to modify the xorg.conf file. Now, all you > really need is xrandr (which I believe stands for X resize and rotate). I'll look at xrandr. I might resubscribe to the xorg list to get my xorg.conf file sorted out. Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
