On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 10:19 +1000, Rodd Clarkson wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 12:53 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > time for another 'Fit and Finish' test day. This time, we want to look > > at issues and use cases surrounding anything you can plug into your > > computer, be it a camera, a phone, a usb stick, or whatever gizmos you > > have at home... > > I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I had an interesting experience > with a projector recently. > > I plugged my Dell laptop with a 1920x1080 resolution into a Seiko Epson > Corporation 16" project using the external VGA connector. > > I then pushed the button the cycles between screen / screen and vga / > vga and to my very pleasant surprise, x resized the resolution to the > max for the projector and I had the two displays mirrored (it might have > been nice to have a confirm asked as it was resizing my screen to a > smaller resolution, but this may not be possible). > > However, when I unplugged the projector and pushed the button again, the > screen when all wrong (a haze is the best way to describe it). I > switched to a VT and then back which got the display working again but > it refused to acknowledge that the projector was no longer connected. > > Since I haven't rebooted System > Preferences > Display still shows my > laptop display as the projector and Detect Monitors doesn't actually > seem to do anything. Strangely I've set the resolution back to > 1920x1080 (using System > Administration > Display and then in System > > Pref > Display) and while it still claims I'm using the projector, the > resolution is at least the correct size. > > Is this a F&F issue or should I file this against Xorg? That was the *first* Fit and Finish test day, display configuration :) https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2009-07-07_Fit_and_Finish:Display_Configuration it's a bug in your X driver, whichever that is, most likely. The console output of 'xrandr' may be useful (it'll probably show that it still thinks the projector is attached - if it doesn't, the bug may be in GNOME), and /var/log/Xorg.0.log - the usual drill. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
