trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net

Message: previous - next
Month: January 2016

Re: [trinity-users] Configuring two monitors connected to the same computer

From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@...>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 21:35:07 -0500
deloptes composed on 2016-01-02 02:46 (UTC+0100):

> Felix Miata wrote:

> deloptes composed on 2016-01-02 00:11 (UTC+0100):

>> Thanks, yes the problem is the eDP1 display's native resolution 1366x768 -
>> it does not match anything that the external one supports (which is
>> standard full HD 1920x1080).

>> What makes you think that?

> If you compare the resolution from the first and the second.

That one won't support what the other does doesn't matter. Every supported
mode on one can be absent from the other, and yet both can work at once. It's
*expected* that displays with different native modes can each be used at
their native mode, and it follows that supported modes can be selected
abitrarily and independently. So, I can't imagine how you arrived at that
conclusion.

> Meanwhile (and big thanks to you that you forced me digging into it) I found
> what I needed.

:-)

> First of all the xorg.conf is not that bad - it provides to the X server
> exactly what I need. Perhaps modlines and some other stuff can be skipped -
> agreed.
> Back then when I bought the notebook (it is like 1y ago) I did not have that
> much time to dig into that, because of too many reasons.

> However now I checked again xrandr and found out the scale-from option

> So for example
>         xrandr --output eDP1 --scale-from 1920x1080
> does exactly what I was missing.

:-D Hopefully when you get there you won't be blocked by errors like those
shared in your 2016-01-01 22:49 (UTC+0100) thread post. :-p

> Now I need to find out how I can use the two monitors independent of each
> other. I mean when I expand a window it should expand into the range of the
> current monitor, the window is in. I'm sure I've had this before.

That seems to describe what you're looking at in
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/KDE/desktopR14-3520x1200x120-jessie-intel.jpg
-- 
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!

Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/