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> > I've connected my laptop to a lot of HDTV's and whenever I switch |
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> > the output to display on both screens, black bars appear on the |
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> > left and right of my laptop screen so it displays at 4:3, and the |
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> > HDTV output is 16:9 but looks horizontally stretched. Does |
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> > anyone know how to keep the output at 16:9 on both screens? |
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> > - Grant |
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> You don't give a lot of information here. Are you using mirrored |
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> screen or an extended desktop? Also what is the desktop environment or |
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> window manager you use? |
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> On thing that might help is to provide the output of xrandr. |
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I'm using xfce4, but I'm not sure if I'm using a mirrored screen or an |
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extended desktop. All I do is plug the laptop into the HDTV with an HDMI |
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cable and hit the keyboard shortcut to switch screens which brings up a |
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little dialog. |
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I was able to change the resolution from 1024x768 to 1366x768 with xfce4's |
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Display settings, but when I disconnect and reconnect to the HDTV it |
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displays at 1024x768 again. Do you know how to select the output |
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resolution for an external screen permanently? Is this done in xorg.conf? |
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- Grant |
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