On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 16:04 -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I have a Samsung 42" HD TV. It has a connector for a computer monitor > input, and I have been trying to get a computer hooked up to use it as > a monitor with little luck. If the machine runs Windows it will use > the monitor correctly as a display. If I run Damn Small it will > display, but the bottom portion of the screen is below the bottom of > the TV screen. Ubuntu, Knoppix, and Debian all produce "Mode Not > Supported" messages on the TV but produce no display. If I try to use > the Debian Install disk to create a new system, the boot up stuff > displays fine, but when it gets to the first installation screen the > text is diagonally ripped and unreadable. > > On one of my laptops, even in windows there is no display. (I assume > that the graphics card in that machine doesn't support the screen > modes necessary. > > On the machine where windows works, I assume the graphics card is > capable, and I only need a functional MODE line in the config file. > > At work we use wide screen TVs as monitors in meetings where groups > need to view the screen, but then we only have Windows machines > there... > > Does anyone have any idea what the mode line should look like for these devices? Hi, You will probably need to manually specify a mode line, something like this: http://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg&m=123126270614013&w=2 (This question is probably more appropriate on debian-user or the xorg mailing list) -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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