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

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

Thanks for the info!   I ran the sudo apt get install grandr  and it seemed
to install it, but I could not find a menu item for it so I reinstalled
using Synaptic Package Manager (sounds like some sort of brain function!)
and it reinstalled it but I still can't find where in the menus it placed
grandr.  Did your installation yield a menu item or does one have to run it
from terminal?

I have not tried to switch back and forth between external and internal
monitor yet. Will let you know how your solution worked.

Gary

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Kilian Rambach <kilian.rambach at gmx.net>
wrote:

> 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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