[frgeek-michiana] Re: Digital projectors and VL 5.9/6.0
- From: Tom Brown <tbrown46628@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:53:40 -0700 (PDT)
I found a keyboard map file for Dell laptops in VL 6.0. I modified it to
recognize my Inspiron B130 and added some stock Dell laptop function key
mappings. After a reboot, a few of the Func+Fnum toggle key combinations were
activated.
/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-dell.fdi
The HP mapping file was slim pickings compared to the Dell file.
At most, keyboard mappings will allow us to toggle the LCD/CRT on/off if HAL
recognizes the external display device.
Tom
--- On Sun, 6/7/09, Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Digital projectors and VL 5.9/6.0
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 5:00 PM
> On the Evo (and most recent laptops)
> the external display is treated like a second monitor on a
> dual head setup. So you probably need to set up a second
> display in Xorg.conf.
>
> See:
> http://ozlabs.org/~jk/docs/mergefb/ <http://ozlabs.org/%7Ejk/docs/mergefb/>
> http://www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/laptop-display.html
> <http://www.astro.umd.edu/%7Eteuben/linux/laptop-display.html>
> http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=7019.0
>
> It looks like most people use xrandr
> <http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2> to do
> the deed.
>
> I know that under Windows XP the external display (incl the
> composite video output) is shown as a second display. I'll
> see what I can figure out by Tuesday.
>
> Mike
>
> Tom Brown wrote:
> > Chuq couldn't get VL 5.9 on his Compaq Evo N600c to
> display a DVD video on the projector at the public library,
> nor would it work on our new Optoma projector. The video
> plays on the desktop but won't display through the VGA port
> on the projector.
> >
> > Is this caused by DRM crapware on the recordings? Is
> it a hardware software problem with the Compaq Evo N600c? Is
> it VL 5/6?
> >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > Mike and Imre:
> >
> > Can you bring your Compaq N600c laptops to the
> warehouse Tuesday? You have Ubuntu and Puppy installed on
> your systems. We'll see how they handle video output to the
> projector.
> >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> >
> > I tested a DVD on three laptops. Here are the
> findings.
> >
> > 1. Dell Inspiron B130 with VL 6.0
> >
> > The LCD/DVD toggle function key combo doesn't work so
> the projector must be connected to the laptop VGA port at
> boot up to display video thru the port. This degrades the
> resolution of the image on the desktop, but the the
> projected image seems OK, and the DVD plays.
> >
> > 2. Compaq Evo N600c with VL 5.9 Deluxe
> >
> > The LCD/DVD toggle function key combo doesn't work so
> the projector must be connected to the laptop VGA port at
> boot up to display video thru the port. The DVD plays on the
> desktop, but the projected image is blank. This happens on
> xine and kplayer.
> >
> > 3. Dell Latitude D600 with XP Pro
> >
> > Everything works as expected.
> >
> > Fr. Robert used a command line utility, xrandr, on his
> EeePC which considerably improved results on the VGA port. I
> believe he has Ubuntu installed on his EeeePC We should
> probably experiment with xrandr our VL laptops.
> >
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> >
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