On 4/16/07, Darrin Chandler wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 04:52:35PM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: > > I gave a presentation this afternoon but was unable to get the gnome GUI > to > > display at any resolution I tried (1024x768, 800x600, > 1280x800). Actually, > > 1280x800 did display at first but poorly. I was using my HP dv6275us > laptop > > running Ubuntu 6.10. This machine has an Nvidia 7400 card (128mb on > board) > > and the linux restricted drivers installed (not the nvidia > binary). During > > boot up most text screens and the splash screen would display. In most > > cases the gnome desktop displayed like a hash of bars and boxes with > nothing > > readable. > > > > Afterward I came home and plugged a reasonably nice monitor into the vga > > port and got similar results. > > > Anyone have any good ideas. I am giving another presentation > tonight. My > > current thought are to port the presentation to Microsoft Office and use > > Windows to try driving the projector (yuck). > > I have a similar situation, using the generic `nv' driver rather than > the blob. I am able to do presentations at limited resolutions. I think > the best I've got on a projector was 1024x768. Anything higher results > in the bars & boxes as you describe. You might also see if limiting your > color depth makes a difference (just guessing on that). > > FYI, I'm not using the Gnome GUI, just working with xorg.conf. > > -- > Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG > dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | > http://metabug.org/ > http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG > Federation > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > I was thinking about this earlier. Since the LCD screens on laptops always refresh at 60 Hz, maybe the projector does not expect to run selected resolutions at 60 Hz. I talked with Joe earlier and he told me he had the same problem until he did something in the projecters menu to fix it for him. Most curious. -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss