[COLUG] Portable Projectors for Linux

[Mark Erbaugh]

On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 23:05 -0500, Duane wrote:
> 
> The projector doesn't care what OS, your laptop
> drivers/settings/config
> to output to the VGA port is a different issue.
> 

That's what I thought, and that's the next area to work on.

I hooked up an external monitor (1280 x 1024) to my notebook display.
The on board display on the notebook is 1280 x 768 (wide screen).

Under Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) which is installed, I did get an external
display, but according to the monitors on-screen information, the
display on it is 1024 x 768 and the display seemed 'stretched'.  Under
the live CD boot of Edgy (6.10), I got no display on the external
monitor.

In contrast, when booted into Windows XP, the external monitor went into
280 x 1024 mode and the 1280 by 768 display appeared letterboxed.

Is this just a matter of adjusting xorg.conf?

Thanks,
Mark