Connecting a Projector

[Fajar Priyanto]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Michael Welle <mwe012008 at gmx.net> wrote:
>> I am running Ubuntu 8.04 on a gateway laptop and would like to know what
>> needs to be done to connect a projector up to the 15-pin socket on the back
>> of my laptop.  I assume that I need to add a screen to my xcofig file?  Is
>> there documentation on what I have to do?
> the simplest approach is to clone the display. This works out of the
> box with most laptops I've seen. Keep in mind that you often must boot
> the laptop with a connected beamer or that you have to use some magic
> keys to switch the external connector on.
>
> So, you may ask how to configure your xserver to provide to screens?
> Unfortunately that is highly hardware dependend and often involves
> lots of fiddeling. If someone is interested I can put my script (which
> is no rocket science) and the xorg.conf for my laptop on a webserver

Yes, Linux still has wayyyy to go in getting Projector to work
(Opensuse is pretty good at though).
Btw, my Compaq V3000 needs a little tweak on the xorg.conf in order
the projector to work.
I'm documenting it here:
http://linux2.arinet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=35

HTH,
Fajar