On 1/26/06, Maura Edeweiss Monville
I recently used my laptop for a presentation. It runs Linux/SuSe 9.3 and the Windows emulation package Cross-Over. They attavhed a VGA projector and by operating the keys Fn-F5 I managed to have the slides displayed on both the laptor monitor and the big screen on the wall. I used MS PowerPoint to generate the slides so I used it also to project them. Wne I cliked on the button "Slide Show" the slide was displayed in full-screen mode on the laptop monitor where it kept its aspect ratio. On the big screen instead the slide image was chopped laterally as well as at the bottom. <snip>
Usually the projectors have smaller resolution that your LCD. When I'm to attach another monitor or projector to my laptop, I create a new SCPM profile with the new device (it's resolution, refresh rates, etc.) and use it. Keep in mind that only changing the resolution may not help, as different devices has different refresh rates. -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)