Dual screen with T42p for projector

[Matthew Palmer]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 10:58:38PM +0100, Kaiser, Hans wrote:
> > > In both cases stays my display black...
> > 
> > External monitor support really is a joke in X compared to Windows ...
> > In my case (HP nc6000 with an Ati Radeon) I need to restart X (or
> > reboot) to get the external display to work.
> > 
> > Now if someone could tell me how to get a 16:9 screen on the external
> > display ... :)
> 
> I also had the same issue here...
> I cannot believe, that really nobody outside isn't using a projector or an
> other external display.

Plenty of people are.  I use mine with projectors, external monitors, and
Xinerama all the time (T43 w/ i915GM).

> A projector must be dynamically connectable without the need of an restart.

Should be, and typically is.

> Under debian I had a setup, that worked, but under Ubuntu, no success...

Y'know, you'll probably have more luck if you actually try and troubleshoot
the problem instead of complaining that Ubuntu doesn't do it for you.

- Matt