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

[Kilian Rambach]

I haven't a menu item for grandr either. I don't know why they didn't 
add an item for his program.
But you can simply add an item for grandr by yourself (right click on 
the menu button-> menu editor or something like that?)
Cheers
Kilian


Gary Kirkpatrick schrieb:
> 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 
> <mailto: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>
>      > <mailto: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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