Fed 23+KDE: can second monitor (TV) be cloned without ruining things?
Hello!
I recently installed Fed 23 (KDE spin) on my system which has an ATI FireGl V5600 video card, which has two DVI outputs. The monitor is connected to the DVI-0 and I would also occasionally like to connect a TV (through DVI to HDMI cable) to DVI-1 and to have it show exactly what the usual DVI-0 shows ("cloned"). So far my attempts to use the System settings -> Display and monitor -> Display configuration weren't successfull: the monitor resolution is 1920x1200, the TV resolution is 1920x1080, when I dragged the "DVI-1"rectangle onto the DVI-0 monitor rectangle, I've got a chopped from bottom plasma desktop (launchers panel which was at the bottom disappeared only to be eventually found "emigrated" to DVI-1 desktop) so I had to create a new panel on the standard DVI-0 desktop and the desktop icons "forgot" their position and those that should've been at the right edge - couldn't be placed there. I also noticed that at some point the DVI-1 became the "boot desktop" which is of corse wrong: I would like to reboot without having to look at the TV... Have I done anything wrong? I attempted to click the "Scale display" button at the bottom of "Display configuration" but it didn't solve anything. Is it possible at all (that is: plasma 5 really ready) to have additional monitor SOMETIMES connected (most of the time - not) without anything being ruined on the DVI-0 desktop? TIA, kaza. |
I think you may need to write yourself an xorg.conf.d/ setup for the video.
Here's my setup: Code:
ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d |
Hi business_kid, thank for the reply.
Currently I don't have the display configuration file: Code:
<localhost.localdomain>.../user>ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d so far I saw examples about other ATI cards (Radeon) but haw can I know what should be the contents of that file for V5600 card? TIA, kaza. |
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Attached is mine. I simply put in every monitor I could think of, and every video output. They were
If you don't have the facts to write down, research your equipment. Most monitors are good for up to 60-65 Khz horizontal refresh these days. That's the only thing to watch - that you don't run it too fast. Google for a guide. |
Hi business_kid, thanks for the help.
I opened the System settings -> Display and monitor and saw the following options of the monitor and the TV (as seen by software): Monitor resolutions: 1920x1200 1920x1080 1680x1050 1600x900 1280x1024 1440x900 1280x800 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x480 640x480 Refresh rates: Auto 60.0 Hz. TV resolutions: 1920x1080 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x480 640x480 720x400 Refresh rates: Auto 0.0 50.0 59.9 60.0 75.0 Hz It showed the model of the monitor (Samsung S24C650) so I attempted googling for horiz. and vert. freq. but had been drown in sales junk. Even adding search words like "Hz", horizontal/vertical didn't help: it led me to power freq., dimentions, etc. The name of the driver isn't written in "Display and monitor", can I check it by other means? I didn't install any propriatary drivers so it should what's in the F23. Do I need each and every line of the 20-video.conf file that I should create being filled? What'll happen if I'll give only the vertical frequencies ranges and omit the vertical? I'll read the syntax doc at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg#Using_.conf_files (will take few days - lots of more important things than messing up displays) in hope to understand better. What should be my course of action is (probably: "when") I'll mess something in this file and get a "black screen boot" or some other kind of messed up graphics? How to prepare for it in advance? TIA, kaza. |
OK then, do the math.
1080 x 60 = 64,800. At 70hz refresh, that would be 1080 x 70 = 75600. Personally I think 75600 is ambitious for a cheaper monitor. Try Code:
horiz 31.5 - 65 |
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