Fwd: problems with VLC and Totem playing image on external monitor

[Kilian Rambach]

Hi,
Great that it works :-)

xrandr --output LVDS --auto should turn your internal monitor on again. 
So you need not to restart your computer.
(type "man xrandr" to see all the options and explanations for it)

a gui for xrandr is for example grandr.

"sudo apt-get install grandr" to install it, or use the graphical 
package manager.

Cheers
Kilian





Gary Kirkpatrick schrieb:
> Well, I used xrandr --output "yourInternalMonitor" and I am indeed able 
> to see the dvd payback on the external monitor.  I had to use "LVDS" as 
> the monitor name to  accomplish this tho that seemed to describe the 
> external monitor.  This action closed the internal monitor.
> 
> Anyway, how do I reactivate the internal monitor?  I tried xrandr --output
> "VGA-0" --off and     xrandr --output "VGA-0" --on  neither did but that 
> did not work.  xrandr --output "LVDS" --on shut down the external 
> monitor; fortunately rebooting returned the internal monitor.
> 
> Is that what I have to do each time to recover the internal monitor.
> 
> Also, do you know another way to do all this using a GUI?
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> Gary
> 
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Kilian Rambach <kilian.rambach at gmx.net 
> <mailto:kilian.rambach at gmx.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
>     I think that's because your internal monitor is your "primary" monitor.
>     If you turn that monitor off, e.g. using xrandr --output
>     "yourInternalMonitor" --off, you should see the video on your external
>     monitor. (type xrandr -q to see the names of your connected monitors).
>     This works only if randr is supported in your system.
> 
>     To change it, that your external monitor is permanently you primary
>     monitor, you have to modify your xorg.conf. To get a graphical frontend
>     for this try "sudo displayconfig" .
>     Cheers
>     Kilian
> 
> 
> 
>     Gary Kirkpatrick schrieb:
>      > My external monitor correctly shows firefox and other programs
>     but when
>      > I try to play a CD in both VLC and Totem the it plays correctly
>     on the
>      > internal monitor but only shows the window of the video player
>     program
>      > on the external monitor.   The sound does transfer to the external
>      > monitor (an hd tv)
>      >
>      > The video card (integrated on the motherboard)an ATI Mobile
>     Radeon 9000"
>      > installed on a Dell inspiron 600m.
>      >
>      > Any suggestions?
>      >
>      > thanks!
>      >
> 
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