switching to kubunto first impressions and few questions

[Emanoil Kotsev]

Hello Derek,

thank you for all the information.

I think the Monitor->Setting thing is not perfect and is not working for me. May be I'm doing something wrong, which I doubt.

That's why I'm writing here.

--- On Sat, 9/27/08, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
> Subject: Re: switching to kubunto first impressions and few questions
> >> Incorrectly written DSDT in the BIOS.  Sorry, I
> don't
> >> recall the fix but
> >> it's an ACPI parameter in the grub boot
> settings.
> > 
> > What is to be done? Which paramter?
> 
> For heaven's sake - google!  Why should _we_ have to be
> able to dredge it
> up - it's common and well known.

If you don't want to answer the question, then don't ;-) I still have the right to put it.
If you have time to read this mail may be it's not that hard to write the answer.

> 
> >> 
> >> > 4) dual monitor layout
> >> > Appart the fact that intel 945 has a stupid
> 3d
> >> limitation of screen size
> >> > and when using two monitors there is no 3d
> >> acceleration I observed
> >> > following.
> >> 
> >> Cheap hardware gives cheap results.  I can live
> with those
> >> limitations.  I
> >> don't even know if the Intel graphics can do
> that in
> >> Vista, but certainly
> >> not in X.
> > 
> > Well, where is this magic kde setting written, so that
> new user gets
> > monitors automatically configured and old users do
> not?
> 
> That's got nothing to do with the above.   Intel
> can't do 3D on dual
> monitors in X for new or old users.

So it's not working in Windows OS too? I've not used windows since years. mainly command line and I think that's why I am asking about the visual stuff here. :-) nice to meet you!

> > 
> >> 
> >> > Who is responsible to extend the
> functionallity of the
> >> krandrtray, so a
> >> > user can say use two desktops - I'm
> really missing
> >> it. Also a feature for
> >> > screen A left/right of screen B would be
> fine. Screen
> >> here is monitor of
> >> > course.
> >> 
> >> I have that with my laptop and a 945 graphics
> card.  System
> >> Settings -
> >> Monitor and Display.
> > 
> > How do you proceed there? I'm command line user
> and do it with xrandr as I
> > said, what I'm looking for is a setting to make it
> permanentloy working.
> 
> How can you be complaining about lack of functionality in
> KDE, and then
> complaining that I tell you how to make the settings in
> KDE?  While I
> usually give command line solutions for things that can be
> done

Did I complain? I just want to do this setting and don't know how. And believe me. I've tried a lot before I started writing here.

> appropriately at the command line, just because they're
> so much easier to
> demonstrate completely in a text medium, this is a KDE
> issue, so use the
> KDE System Settings.

But how? this is my quesiton :-D sorry but you make me lough. I know that I have to use the kde system settings. After this dual display _is_not_ working. I hope my english is good enough to explain it.

So may be tell me what and how I have to setup ot point me to a good manual, where I can read about. The things I found are not working. I wrote this here in the hope that kubuntu, as kde based and especially desktop oriented would be interested in this subject.

Sorry if I insulted you somehow. It was not ment this way and most of all I do not complain. I share my experience and hope to learn from all of it.


kind regards