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

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

That was very useful- I never thought of right clicking on the menu.

If I could find a good manual I'd read through it.  I feel guilty asking
y'all how to do these things, though everyone is glad to help.

G

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Kilian Rambach <kilian.rambach at gmx.net>
wrote:

> 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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