From 07817bf4523aebe818ee9c7d4025c5acdea5e21b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wesley Stout Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:12:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] corrections to dual monitor --- documentation/manual/source/dualmonitors.rst | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/manual/source/dualmonitors.rst b/documentation/manual/source/dualmonitors.rst index eb9beedeb..3e1a8d210 100644 --- a/documentation/manual/source/dualmonitors.rst +++ b/documentation/manual/source/dualmonitors.rst @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ some work arounds. **Resolution Issue** -There is a limitation with certain cards that limits the total resolution to +There is a limitation with certain cards which limits the total resolution to 2048x2048, so both monitors can not have a total resolution totaling more than that. To work around this it may be necessary to position your monitor as a top or bottom monitor as opposed to the typical side by side setup. This can easily @@ -211,15 +211,11 @@ without your projector connected to your computer:: This will give you a long string of output. Screen names will be something along the lines of LVDM, VGA-0 or some convention similar to that. Without your -projector connected to your computer only one monitor show as being connected. -That will be the monitor you will need as the primary. Now connect your -projector and enter:: +projector connected to your computer only one monitor will show as being +connected. That will be the monitor you will need to use as the primary. Now +connect your projector and enter:: user@linux:~ $ xrandr --output LVDM --primary **Note** it has been reported that when this issue is occurring you will not want to connect your projector until your desktop is running. - - - -