Re: second monitor

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Author: Matt Graham
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: second monitor
On 2016-11-04 14:30, Matt Graham wrote:
> On 2016-11-04 14:05, Michael wrote:
>> I plug my TV into the HDMI port to put the screen on the tv. It
>> doesn't do it correctly....
> Something like "xrandr --output HDMI-0 --same-as DVI-0"?


Probably better: "xrandr --output HDMI-0 --mode NNNxMMM --same-as
DVI-0" where NNNxMMM is the native resolution of your DVI-0. Assuming
that the TV has more pixels than your primary monitor here--if not, then
you'll probably have to do something like "--scale-from NNNxMMM" instead
of --mode.

> You can fix this in 2 ways: Go into your TV's settings and set it to
> "PC mode", or on your computer, "xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set
> underscan true".


That should be "--set underscan on". Sigh,

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